author
David M. Mitchell
Best known for practical work on toy making and later for detailed studies of early modern goldsmiths, this author wrote with a clear focus on how craft and material culture connect to everyday life. His books span hands-on instruction and deeply researched history, giving his work an unusual range.
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Advanced Toy Making for Schools
by David M. Mitchell
About the author
David M. Mitchell is the author of Advanced Toy Making for Schools, a practical manual for students and teachers that Project Gutenberg identifies as an early 20th-century instructional book on toy making. The text itself describes him as an instructor in manual arts at Willson Junior High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
More recently, he has written major works on metalwork and material culture, including Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London and The Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London. Publisher descriptions say his main interest is the way changing social and cultural attitudes shape the material world, especially in textiles and metalwork.
Taken together, those books suggest a writer drawn to skilled making in all its forms—whether explaining workshop practice for schools or tracing the wider world of craft, trade, and design in early modern London.