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Tag: decorative arts

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2824: A Brass Catalogue

Margaret Culbertson

Posted on March 17, 2021 · Episode: 2824 An 18th-century catalogue of brass objects, an early approach to marketing, and decorative drawer handles. Today, we look at a mysterious catalogue.

Tags bail handles birmingham brass brass founders decorative arts drawer handles trade catalogues wedgwood wyke

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2075: Rudolph Ackerman

Margaret Culbertson

Posted on April 8, 2020 · Episode: 2075 Rudolph Ackerman and his amazing chronicles of 19th-century art and technology. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a great chronicler of technology and art.

Tags 19th-century technology Ackermann book magazine publishing carriage design decorative arts illustration Margaret Culbertson Maria Cosway Rudolph Thomas Jefferson

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1826: Eccentric Circular Turning

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 23, 2020 · Episode: 1826 Of steel and art: Eccentric circular turning. Today, eccentric circular turning.

Tags Bessemer steel chucks decorative arts eccentric turning Holtzapffel iron John Ibbetson lathes machine tools Nasmyth quick return mechanisms

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