Twentieth Century Silks

66 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Twentieth Century Silks
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Das fliegende Tuch silk vanishes from glass cylinder (pull) and reappears knotted between two silks that are rubber-banded together in a bundle
Variations June 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6) 88
Unknown Der Kobold im Glase two small red silks knotted together by spectator and put in beer glass, blue silk vanishes visibly from second glass and appears knotted between red silks
 		Jan. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 7) 104
Eduard Hensel Gervinus twentieth century silks with silks in glass cylinders, then hydrostatic glass with a cylinder, then color changing silks in paper tube, then silks vanish and reappear between two plates
Related to Apr. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 10) 152
Unknown Gervinus second part of description
Related to May 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 11) 165
Frank Kennard The Mysteriously-Joined Handkerchiefs 20th century silks
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 231
David Devant Devant's Handkerchief Trick producing three white handkerchiefs, paper tube, they change to red, green and yellow, one vanishes in glass tube and appears knotted between other two, description edited by Devant himself
 		1903 Later Magic 303
Carl Willmann Zum Kunststück "Das fliegende Tuch"
Inspired by Apr. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 4) 59
Unknown Neuestes Flaggen-Manöver two silks and small flag appear, silks put in glass, flag vanishes again and reappears between the two silks in glass, false finger and pull
 		June 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 6) 92
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Entstehung aus dem Nichts production tambourine, silks and flowers, silk vanishes and appears knotted between two other silks in a box
 		1922 Zwölf Schlager der Magie 5
Theodore Annemann Twenty-first Century Silks
1936 The Jinx (Issue 25) 153
Edward Bagshawe Uniting the Colors knot dissolves from silk twice, silk vanishes and reappears tied between two others, apparatus
 		1936 ca. Twenty Magical Novelties 15
Orville Wayne Meyer Satan's Silks 20th century silks (originated by Frank Ducrot) variation, then silks visually come together and tie themselves, thread
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 52) 364
Franklin M. Chapman Capture of Black Carew patter in rhymes for 20th Century Silks
 		1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 7) 1
Jerry Lukins A Magical Sketch - Professor Woofledust and the Neophyte
1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 122
Al Baker The Twentieth Century Silk Trick with dye tube and paper cornucopia
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 193
Dai Vernon Twentieth-Century Handkerchief Trick
1941/49 Select Secrets 37
Unknown 11 - Twentieth Century Silks using Two-Way Paper Cone (page 86)
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 90
Unknown Twentieth Century Silks
1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 327
Bert Douglas The Elusive Rainbow 20th century silks with knot placed in mouth, then ball appears and travels into mouth
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 333
Bert Douglas Spot The Red 20th century silks with knot placed in mouth, then ball appears and travels into mouth
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 337
Tom Sellers Creepy Creepy 20th Century using change bag
 		1943 Magical Mixture 27
William S. Houghton 20th Century Silks Routine "simplest and best of any"
 		1943 The Magic 36 32
Harlan Tarbell Hat and Silk Combination 20th century silks, then silks vanish an reappear in hat
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 311
Hart Fisher A Routine for the Twentieth Century and Other Standart Magic outline of a routine with wand, saltshaker and silks
 		1944 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944) 13
Eugene Gloye The Unique Twentieth Century Silks traveling silk is wrapped in paper
 		1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 2
George Sitkiewitz A New Idea on the 20th Century Trick
1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 30
Dr. William Weyeneth Mit "Genial" using silk wonder, followed by french translation "Avec 'Genial'"
 		Nov. 1945 La Baguette Magique (Issue 6) 9
Francis Carlyle 20th Century Silks
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 341
Al Baker 20th Century Silks
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 344
Unknown, Al Baker A Remarkable Giant 20th century silks
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 350
Jack Yeager Glorifying Your Magic 1. Califaction of Handkerchiefs (silks in dove pan merge together)
2. How to spell trust? (oddity on coin)
3. Key Card Placement (Charlier Pass)
4. 20th Century Silks idea
5. Zombie Idea (floating flower pot)
6. Comedy bits with a stooge
7. Miser's Dream Shower (with handkerchief)
8. Thumb Tip Idea (with scotch tape)
9. Thimble color change
10. The cotton bunny (cotton bunny to real one, dove pan)
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 12
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Impromptu Twentieth Century Silks on a tray
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 4
Karrell Fox 20th Century Silks using Eddie Joseph's Hank Gun
 		1954 Kornfidentially Yours 35
Mc Gregor the Magician Twenty First Century Trick with gloves
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 35
Bert Douglas Modern Club Act with Patter routine and patter for 20th Century Silks
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 17
Edwin "Edwino" Grimm Ein modernes Tuchtrio cane changes to knotted silks, other silk changes into cane and silk is found knotted between other silks
 		1959 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2) 804
Jack Yeager Visible 20th Century Silks using a cabinet
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 19
Unknown Magisches Notizbuch
  • Tücher des 20. Jahrhunderts (Raymond Kemp & Charlie Miller in Genii, June 1966)
  • Grossmutters Halskette (Milbourne Christopher in Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1952)
 		1967 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 2) 31
William J. Smith Supersonic Silks silk knotted between two other silks vanishes and appears knot between two more silks
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 53
William J. Smith How Did You Do That? with a changing bag
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 54
John Hamilton Silk Flight silk into paper cone, rope waved over cone and silk is shown to have disappeared, rope torn in two and between the ends appears the silk à la 20th century
 		Aug. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 10) 355
Peter Warlock Flash Paper and Silks two blue silks with yellow silk in between bundled up, flash paper changes into yellow silk, between blue silks is now flash paper
 		1971 ca. Dingle's Deceptions 10
Billy McComb Yrutnec Hteitnewt Twentieth Century in Reverse, silk starts tied between other two and travels elsewhere
 		1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 164
Patrick Page The Twentieth-Century Handkerchief with change bag
 		1974 Tricks with Handkerchiefs 64
Jerry Mentzer Novel 20th Century
1976 Second Lecture 10
Unknown The Twentieth Century Silk Trick
  • Vanish of the Duplicate
 		1976 The Big Book of Magic 237
Ken De Courcy The 20th Century Card Discovery silk with print of selected card appears between two other silks, selection in card box became blank
 		1980 Cards in Cabaret 37
Rudolf Braunmüller Der Schwiegermuttertrick intro
 		Oct. 1982 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3) 103
Hen Fetsch Eine Blitztransposition silk shot between two other with a pistol
 		Oct. 1982 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3) 103
Hen Fetsch Kombination mit Ei egg in glass with two red silks, yellow silk changes in egg and silk is then between red silks
 		Oct. 1982 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3) 103
Karl Fulves Twentieth-Century Silks chapter intro
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 127
Unknown Come Back Silk No. 44, silk vanishes from paper cone and reappears knotted to silk given previously to spectator
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 127
Lyle Laughlin Twentieth-Century Silks No. 46
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 133
Fantasio 20th Century-Stock nach neuer Art two handkerchiefs appear on ends of a cane, third handkerchief vanishes, then cane vanishes and handkerchief can be found knotted two other two silks
 		1988 Fantasio 2
Jean Garance Eine Seidentücher-Routine handkerchief routine
  • color change
  • cut and restored
  • Twentieth Century Silks
  • Blendo
  • production of object / animal
 		1990 Jean Garance 29
Unknown A Derby and Silk Routine 20th Century Silks variation
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 70
Amado Narvaez Der Schwiegermutter-Trick im modernen Gewand combination with appearing silks (pulled out of jacket at threads, appearing cane, Twentieth Century Silks
Also published here
  • Genii, 1989
 May 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3) 86
Pavel Die Jahrhundert-Tücher magnetic
 		1995 M wie Magie 12
Jay Scott Berry 21st Century Eclipse using two Diamond Tips
 		1995 Totally Eclipse 19
Edward Marlo 20th Century Handkerchiefs with repeat
 		1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 3) 119
Edward Marlo 30th Century Handkerchiefs silk in hand transforms into two silks previously placed aside - asymmetric silks transposition
 		1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 3) 121
Pat Fallon The Black & White 21st Century Silks normal and routine for children
 		Nov. 1997 Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 5) 14
Hen Fetsch Kling-Klang - Fifteenth Method: "Kling-Klang" Twentieth Century
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 69
Hen Fetsch Kling-klang - Fifteenth Method: Kling-klang Twentieth Century
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 146
Al Baker Twentieth-Century Handkerchief Trick dye tube
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 757
Paul Osborne Santa's Silks
  • Osborne Illusions
with standing Santa figure
 		Dec. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 12) 26