Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
[sewing ephemera, textiles, student work]

Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)


France: Handmade, ca. late 1940s.

2 panels loose in heavy paper wrap, 10 x 6.25 inches. Four examples of hems for necklines set in two cutaway panels with decorative finish. One page of text mounted to inside cover explaining each method. No date. French student work ca. late 1940s-50s, neatly executed, well presented and preserved.