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You will find 143 magnificent and entertaining uses of silks and handkerchiefs. Sleights, tricks and the famous Stillwell Silk Act are explained in detail with 90 illustrations. Jean Hugard details vanishing methods, production techniques, color changes, knots, and flourishes. He also describes how to care for your silks to keep them in great shape for a long time.
1st edition, 1937 Tannen\'s Publication, New York; 85 pages.
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Methods of Folding Silks for Production
- Chapter II. Sleights for Manipulating Silks Without Accessories
- Chapter III. Methods for Producing a Single Silk
- Chapter IV. The Production of a Number of Silks
- Chapter V. Various Methods of Vanishing Silks
- Chapter VI. Dyeing the Silks
- Chapter VII. Twentieth Century Silk
- Chapter VIII. Useful Accessories
- Chapter IX. Liaison Tricks
- Chapter X. Tricks with Silks
- Chapter XI. Knots, Ties and Flourishes
- Chapter XII. The Stillwell Silk Act
- Patter Suggestions
Includes a wide variety of methods for producing and vanishing ultrasilks, dyeing silks, 20th century silk trick, 23 tricks with silks, knots and flourishes, usefull accessories, sleights, etc. The silk enthusiast should certainly have this book and learn
