Designs on the Cowboy
Author: Roxann Delaney
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-06-04
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0373754590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes an excerpt from The rancher's homecoming by Cathy McDavid.
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The Cowboy Hat Book
Author: William Reynolds
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781423618331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevised to include presidential hats, new celebrity hats, and a fully updated resource listing of custom hatters. The Cowboy Hat Book features an impressive array of cowboy hats, showcasing the wide variety of styles, colors, and fabrics used to create the cowboy hat, now a symbol of America and western culture that is recognized all over the world. Beginning with a brief history of the cowboy hat, the authors go on to explain the building of the perfect hat, its care and feeding, hat etiquette, hat hair, and more. Beautiful photos of real cowboys and movie cowboys sporting their trademark hats illustrate how creases, brims, shapes, and trims are unique to the individual who wears each hat. The Cowboy Hat Book celebrates the history and importance of this unique piece of clothing that hasn't fundamentally changed in more than 100 years. Ritch Rand's family has been making handcrafted hats for over twenty years. His hats have rested on dozen's of famous heads-from presidents to kings and heads of state to movie stars. He lives in Billings, Montana. William Reynolds is president and CEO of the marketing, PR, and advertising agency Banning Company, Inc. The company has a special division that services the western and equine industries. He lives in Malibu, California.
Contemporary Western Design
Author: Thea Marx
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 2009-09
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781423609254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern design has evolved from the limitations of log-style architecture, simple and rough-hewn lodgepole pine furnishings, brightly colored leather, and Chimayo weavings to stately interiors that are graceful, elegant, and highly polished, incorporating upscale fabrics and ornamentation.
The Gingerbread Cowboy
Author: Janet Squires
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0060778636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. But what happens when he meets a coyote sleeping in the sun? Janet Squires and Holly Berry retell this classic tale with a Wild Western flair, filled with rodeo-romping fun.
Real Cowboys
Author: Kate Hoefler
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1328686108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Kate Hoefler’s realistic and poetic picture book debut about the wide open West, the myth of rowdy, rough-riding cowboys and cowgirls is remade. A timely and multifaceted portrayal reveals a lifestyle that is as diverse as it contrary to what we've come to expect.
100 Years of Western Wear
Author: Tyler Beard
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780879055912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor examines how function inspired what cowboys and cowgirls wore out West and East from 1890 to the 1990s.
Cowboy Boots
Author: Jennifer June
Publisher: Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books
Published: 2010-03-23
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780789320490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn homage to the beloved and ubiquitous American icon, written by the country’s leading expert on cowboy boots past and present. Jennifer June, a custom cowboy boot maker, takes the reader through the diverse history of the boot, from the early days prior to 1930 to the modern twists on traditional styles popular a century down the line. Cowboy boots are the most emblematic of American fashion icons, repositories of western tradition and symbols of the strength and endurance of true American style. In recent times, cowboy boots have become permanent fixtures of the fashion world and of Hollywood westerns. Beautifully illustrated, this book presents the definitive perspective on the changing roles and various styles of the most enduring American footwear.
Creating Western Floral Designs
Author: Bob Park
Publisher:
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781495135675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCowboy Chic
Author: Chase Reynolds Ewald
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780879059620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern furnishings today range from meticulous leather-wrapped armoires to hand-carved mantelpieces depicting a trout stream or local wildlife. An extraordinary commitment of time plus a pure passion and singular creative vision are the hallmarks of the fine furnishings of the contemporary West. Today's artisans are creating works that are fresh, beautiful, meticulously crafted, sometimes nostalgic, often humorous, and always celebratory of both the region and its traditions. This is COWBOY CHIC. Hardback; 150
Cowboy Style
Author: Chase Reynolds Ewald
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781423601081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCowboy Style highlights today's Western furnishings-from meticulous leather-wrapped armoires to hand-carved mantelpieces depicting a trout stream or local wildlife. An extraordinary commitment of time plus a pure passion and singular creative vision are the hallmarks of the fine furnishings of the contemporary West. Today's artisans are creating works that are fresh, beautiful, meticulously crafted, sometimes nostalgic, often humorous, and always celebratory of both the region and its traditions. In Cowboy Style, Ewald interviews dozens of today's craftsmen, including Jimmy and Lynda Covert, Peter M. Fillerup, Mike Patrick, and Chris Chapman, and explores Cowboy d cor for every room in the house! " . . . Dozens of full-color photographs take you into the homes of people who love the West and have furnished their living quarters with the finest western craftsmanship available." - -American Cowboy Magazine "An excellent place to start. . . Ewald breaks down Western decor by individual U.S.-based designers that contributed to the look." -Toronto Star
