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Boxer, biker, skier: trio of point paper designs for label weaving
A trio of point paper renderings (mise-en-carte) for woven apparel labels, with one example of the finished product. France, mid-20th century. 7.25 x 5.75 inches with mitered corners, executed in red, yellow and blue with manuscript production notes on both sides. Each is loosely housed...
How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers
Softcover 8vo, 36pp. Color printed wraps and centerfold color chart, copious b&w illustrations throughout. With the original large folding sheet of stencils (30.5 x 21.5 inches) and two paper examples laid in. Wraps with moderate soil/discoloration, split at the bottom 2-inches of the spine, overall...
I.C.S. Reference Library 92: Glossary of Weaves, Fabric Analysis, Weave Varieties, Color Designs...
Full title: ...Glossary of weaves, elementary textile designing, analysis of cotton fabrics, analysis of woolen and worsted fabrics, twill weaves and derivatives, satin and other weaves, combination weaves, construction of spot weaves, weaves for backed cotton fabrics, woolen and worsted ply weaves, leno weaves, pile...
Paper Folding (Educational Manual Training, No. 1)
First edition, 1903. Small oblong 4to, 7.25 x 10 inches, 45pp. Staplebound textured wood pulp wrappers reinforced with fabric at the spine. Very good+ with minor discoloration and gentle bumping at the corners. Rear wrap with a few dots of staining and small gift inscription...
Crochet Lace & Tatting Album by Hazel L. Broman (1899-1982)
A swollen album of over 200 specimens on a total of 48 leaves, most sewn to the pages with thread and a few loosely inserted. Created between 1915 and 1921 by Hazel Broman, a young woman in Wilmar, Minnesota. The daughter of a Swedish carpenter,...
The Official American Textile Directory (1909-10)
The Official American Textile Directory: containing reports of all the textile manufacturing establishments in the United States and Canada, together with the Yarn Trade Index and lists of concerns in lines of business selling to or buying from textile mills 1909-10 Hardcover cloth 8vo, 674pp....
Unspecified book of alphabets
Unidentified publication in supplied wraps with repaired tears throughout the volume. Originally found in Portugal, estimated to be ca. 1920-40s. 28 pages of monogram letters and designs for embroidery. A few full names include Siri, Greta, Rut, Hedvig. A charming little mystery reflecting the wide...
Collection of 12 mounted upholstery fabric swatches, ca. 1940s
Mounted on large index cards, 5 x 8 inches. The cards are housed in a custom wraparound folder, set in mylar sleeves open at the foredge. Three of the cards have heavier soil at the lower left, others generally in Good to Very Good condition...
Paper-Folding and -Designing Combined: A Kindergarten Occupation for Infants and Juniors
Leeds & Glasgow: E. J. Arnold & Son, ca. 1899. Hardcover. Very good. The "A.L." Educational Series. Illustrated with over 150 figures, the majority printed in color. A mesmerizing graphic buffet of shape and color illustrating paper folding projects for young students. The "authoress" Ford...
Pour les petits et les grands: Combinaisons décoratives application aux travaux manuels
Printed wraps. Oblong 4to (9 x 11 inches); 8pp text + 16 plates, each with 4 patterns, 64 examples in all. Fair to Good condition: Foxing/discoloration and edgewear to wraps, recent spine repair; repaired closed edge tear to a text page; moderate soil to plates...