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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 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...


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...


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...


Cahier de Couture (les manches)

Spiral bound notebook, 8.5 x 7 inches. 12 leaves, including 4 pages of text and two graphs (1 folding). Geometric model for calculating the curve of a sleeve, list of average measurements for children 3-5 years. 6 examples inset between cutouts, allowing the work to...


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...


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...


Tailor's garment construction models from sewing course, ca. 1940 [Travaux du manche tailleur pour cours de couture]

France, ca. 1940. Handmade folio, 13 x 10 inches, stiff paper with blanket-stitched edges housing 4 paper patterns, 4 garment models, and a pink ribbon bow. The blue square panel has a few small holes and the muslin linings have scattered foxing. The folder is...


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...


Finnish Manuscript Sewing Book with Hand Drawn Color Diagrams (Sloyd Handicraft Student Notebook)

8.75 x 8.5 inches. Printed fiberboard 2-prong binder cover; 50 quad-ruled pages, 20 pages with large color diagrams executed with great care in colored pencil. Text in faint cursive script, entirely in Finnish. No date, presumed ca. 1950s. The system of manual training known as...