Abstract
MR. WATERER has written a remarkable and a fascinating book. It should be read not only by all who have any connexion, however remote, with leather and leather goods, but also by all who take an interest in the social and industrial history of Great Britain. Mr. Waterer has a knowledge of his subject that only first-hand experience can give, and, more than this, he writes with the fervour that springs from advocating a worth-while cause, namely, that in these days of factory production a study of industrial design can ensure that meetness of material, form and purpose which existed in the days of the old craftsman who carried through the making of an object from start to finish with his own hands and brains.
Leather in Life, Art and Industry
Being an Outline of its Preparation and Uses in Britain Yesterday and To-day, together with some Reflexions on its Place in the World of Synthetics To-morrow. By John W. Waterer. Pp. 320 + 111 plates. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1946.) 50s. net.
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LLOYD, D. Leather in Life, Art and Industry. Nature 158, 812–813 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158812b0
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