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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...
Mid-20C sewing and needlework sampler (2 pieces)
French, ca. 1940. Student sewing sampler in two parts. Delicate eyelets and decorative embroidery, lovely buttonholes and bridging stitches, and an accent of red chain stitching. 12 x 13 inches + 7 x 13 inches. A few small brown spots and the smaller piece, but...
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,...
Remaillage endroit-envers (mending examples from French sewing course)
Student Simone Pons' hand fashioned 'cours de couture' portfolio with four panels of heavy paper stock that fold inward to 10.25 x 6.75, pockets and spine reinforced with gummed paper. Contains 6 examples of mending or "remeshing" techniques in knitting. The examples are mounted with...
Reprise Perdue (mending examples from French sewing course)
Student Simone Pons' hand fashioned 'cours de couture' portfolio with four panels of heavy paper stock that fold inward to 10.25 x 6.75, pockets and spine reinforced with gummed paper. Contains 4 examples of mending techniques executed on a rather open weave, slick pink fabric,...
Fantastical whimsy of a needle book
Late nineteenth-century felt and velvet needle book (with an original packet of sharps) strung to a magical bundle of silky ribbons in different colors and sizes. A tactile delight and visual joy, the needle book measures 2.25 x 1.75 inches and the full piece dangles...
Millinery Notebook from 1980 course at Brooks College, with hat patterns and designs
Red hard vinyl binder with instructor and student notes from a course taught by Doris M. Anderson at Brooks College in the Fall of 1980. A combination of instructor handouts, worksheets, and student notes (around 35-40 pages) plus five envelopes at the rear containing hand...
1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12)
[Froebel Gifts; Kindergarten album]. 1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12). New Hampshire: 1892. 24 panels on cloth hinges, concertina-folded into a cloth folio with ties; 9 x 10 x 1.5 inches. Very Good with rubbing to exterior, three...
My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book
Accidental masterpiece of materiality, color & composition--part American kitsch, mostly modern art. Sewing "scrapbook" published by Kenmore introduces users to the various functions of their home sewing machines. Sears Roebuck and Co., ca. 1960. 4 lessons of 4 leaves each, plus 4 blank leaves at...
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...