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many
excellent designs, fertile in ideas for bracelets, chatelains, clasps,
lockets, combs, crowns, tiaras, head ornaments, dress and engraved
ornaments, knots and bowknots, earrings, girdles, belts, hoops, rings,
necklaces, pendants, sceptres, seals, and watches.
While
the bibliography presented in this volume is extensive and of wide
scope, unfortunately, but a few of the books listed are to be found in
the average public or institutional library. A valuable resource for
the students at Pratt Institute or Cooper Union, or any one who would
delve as deeply as possible into the subject of jewelry, is the Society
Library in University Place, near Thirteenth Street, NewT
York City. This, Manhattan Island's oldest library, was founded by King
George II., and his representative who was at the time the royal
governor of the Colony of New York. The family of ex-President
Koosevelt have been benefactors of the library for six generations, and
he is at this time an active member of the board of trustees. Although
not a public library, the superb collection of art books, selected
with special reference to the requirements of artists and
handicraftsmen, is always open to designers. There is a large endowment
fund for the sup-
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