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Early twentieth-century American sewing skill notebook
Softcover sewing notebook by "B. La Flair" with 39 individual examples (all but 2 mounted) in a standard composition book that's been treated to a vernacular cloth cover made from the same fabric as a few examples. A little toasted around the edges, likely subject...
1950s French pictorial sewing skill sample panel
A frankly odd assortment of student work incorporating sewing skill samples into (mostly) pictorial work. Featuring functional pockets and finishing details, the pieces are inset between manila cards with cutout shapes and illustrations painted in watercolor. Some read clearly as part of an image (an ice...
1950s French sewing skill sample panel tableaux (winter scenes, pair of 2)
A frankly odd assortment of student work incorporating sewing skill samples into (mostly) pictorial work. Featuring functional pockets and finishing details, the pieces are inset between manila cards with cutout shapes and illustrations painted in watercolor. Some read clearly as part of an image (an ice...
Small collection of mounted sewing skill samples
Red oblong booklet, 10 x 13 inches. French student work, ca. 1940s. A handmade booklet with 8 leaves intended for mounting student sewing work to be graded. This has 8 individual examples mounted on three of the pages, including functional buttonholes. The monogram sample is...
Litany of sewing and needlework skills, 1901
1901, 11 x 25 inches. Scattered foxing, Very Good condition overall. A litany of sewing and needlework skills, beginning with basic stitches and seams, mending and darning, tactilely stupendous buttonholes and ruffles. Alphabet embroidered in red, as well as eyelets and other decorative needlework. An uncommon,...
1950s French sewing skill sample panel tableaux (flap enclosures, pair of 2)
A frankly odd assortment of student work incorporating sewing skill samples into (mostly) pictorial work. Featuring functional pockets and finishing details, the pieces are inset between manila cards with cutout shapes and illustrations painted in watercolor. Some read clearly as part of an image (an ice...
裁縫教科書 渡邉辰五郎編纂 / Saihō no kyōkasho (Sewing Textbook, 3 volumes)
Late Meiji era woodblock printed sewing and tailoring textbooks full of copious patterns and illustrations for constructing haori, hakama, kimono and other traditional garments for men and women, with much attention paid to measurements, calculating by proportion, and other tailoring skills. Edited by Tatsugoro Watanabe, a...
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)
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,...
ca. 1912 hand sewing notebook by Wisconsin 7th grader Bernice Nichols with many examples
Appleton, Wisconsin, ca. 1912. 8.25 x 7 inches. 4 models on open canvas + 10 cloth models with accompanying text. Notebook in Good condition with some evidence of water exposure at the bottom edge, causing occasional discoloration and slightly blurred text.Name and address faintly marked...
Picture Sewing: Embroidery for Little Hands (#4221)
A slightly earlier iteration of the sewing cards, this set was furnished with an awl, a felt mat, and a variety of colored threads. The child is called to perforate the images themselves before sewing. This box contains 5 bobbins of colored thread, 20 cards...