SELF-INSTRUCTORIN THE ART OF HAIR WORK,DRESSING HAIR, MAKING CURLS, SWITCHES, BRAIDS, AND HAIR JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ——————— Compiled from Original Designs and the Latest Parisian Patterns BY MARK CAMPBELL. ——————— NEW YORK: M. CAMPBELL, 737 BROADWAY. ———— CHICAGO: 81 SOUTH CLARK STREET. MDCCCLXVII. |
The necessity for a comprehensive work, giving a full and detailedexplanation of the Art of manufacturing Hair Work in all its variousbranches, has been so frequently urged upon the attention of the author,that, in compliance with an almost universal demand, he has concluded topublish a book which will clearly illustrate the Art of Hair Dressing, andmaking Hair Jewelry and Hair Work of every description. His perfectfamiliarity with the business—the result of many years' successful experience—rendershim eminently competent to impart the fullest informationupon the subject of which he treats, while the great consumption andrapidly increasing demand for every description of Hair Goods, will makethis work he now presents to the public, one of particular interest to allclasses. Heretofore the Art of making these goods has been zealouslyguarded by a few dealers, who have accumulated fortunes, and would stillretain it a profound secret but for the publication of this book. This isthe only descriptive volume ever published on Hair Work. It is anelaborate, carefully prepared book, containing over one thousand drawings,devices and diagrams, engraved at great expense to the publisher,and accompanied with the most comprehensive instructions. It not onlyreveals to the most ordinary comprehension the hitherto concealedmysteries of the Art, but will prove an indispensable adjunct to everylady's toilet table, as by its aid she will not only be able to dress her ownhair in every variety of style, but make her own Hair Jewelry and articlesof Hair work, including Switches, Braids, Curls, Waterfalls, &c., assistedby a reference to plates of the most modern European and American styles.For children, no art or accomplishment is more useful than the abilityto make articles of tasteful ornament in Hair Work. This work will open[6]to all such persons a path to agreeable and profitable occupation. JewelryDealers, from the clear instructions herein given, can manufacture anyrequired pattern of Hair Jewelry, and add, without extra expense, a newand lucrative branch to their business.
Persons wishing to preserve and weave into lasting mementos, the hairof a deceased father, mother, sister, brother, or child, can also enjoy theinexpressible advantage and satisfaction of knowing that the material oftheir own handiwork is the actual hair of the "loved and gone."
No other work ever met with such an earnest dema