Sources & Acknowledgements

Sources for Early Modern Period section

  • The Art of Turning & Lathe and Machine Tool History, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association. EAIA website
  • The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2002.
  • Ivory Art, P. W. Hartmann, View Google's English translation of this publication
  • Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.
  • The Ornamental Lathe of Louis XVI from the Birmingham Collection of Science and Industry, by Olga Baird, 2005.
  • The Pedigree of Holtzapffel Lathes, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • The Society of Ornamental Turners Bulletins, 1948 to present. SOT website
  • Sovereigns as Turners, by Klaus Maurice, Verlag Ineichen, Zurich, 1985.
  • Turned Treasuries, by Klaus Maurice, Georg Laue and Christiane Zeiller, 2004.
  • Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org

Sources for Victorian Era section

  • Art, History, and Processes of Guilloché Engraving, by G. Phil Poirier, 2015.
  • The Art of Turning & Lathe and Machine Tool History, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • Engine Turning 1680-1980, by Martin Matthews, 1984.
  • Holtzapffel Volume VI - A compendium of rare or previously unpublished material related to ornamental turning, by John F. Edwards, 2011.
  • The Pedigree of Holtzapffel Lathes, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • The Society of Ornamental Turners Bulletins, 1948 to present. SOT website
  • Sovereigns as Turners, by Klaus Maurice, Verlag Ineichen, Zurich, 1985.
  • Turned Treasuries, by Klaus Maurice, Georg Laue and Christiane Zeiller, 2004.
  • Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org

Sources for Machine Age section

  • The Art of Turning & Lathe and Machine Tool History, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • Engine Turning 1680-1980, by Martin Matthews, 1984.
  • Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900, by T.R. Crom, 1987.
  • Looking at Guilloché in Conservation, by Brittany Nicole Cox and David Lindow, 2016.
  • The Pedigree of Holtzapffel Lathes, by Warren Ogden, 1987.
  • The Society of Ornamental Turners Bulletins, 1948 to present. SOT website
  • Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org
  • Additional sources as noted on individual pages.

Sources for Information Age section

  • The Society of Ornamental Turners Bulletins, 1948 to present. SOT website
  • Additional sources as noted on individual pages.

Additional sources

  • Additional sources are noted on the individual pages in which information is referenced.
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Ornamental Turning is a craft somewhat difficult of description to the general public and, so far, no short phrase to cover what is involved has been hit upon.

Norman Tweddle, May 1952