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Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 3 volumes: Decorative Stitches and Trimming, Sewing Materials [and] Sewing for Profit
Flexible hardcover 12mos printed by the International Textbook Co. for the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, an offshoot of the International Correspondence Schools. Thoroughly illustrated and generally in Near Fine condition with scuffing to one of the covers. The courses provided a means...
Fruit Sewing Cards (in original box)
"This box, besides the cards, contains a variety of colored threads for working the designs. These cards are made by a patented process and are ready for working, the holes being already perforated at the proper points. The lines to be sewed are represented by...
Embroidery Cards
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co., ca. 1910-1920. Printed box, 10 x 13 inches, with raised compartments. Contents: 5 colors of lacing floss; (13) 4 x 5.5” cards (one complete, one in progress); (6) 5.5 x7” cards (1 partially complete); (6) 3.5 x 5” cards with...
Button sample cards
Button sample cards in blue (36 buttons), gray (46 buttons), and orangey-pink (38 buttons). 13 x 7 inches each. Original, unopened packaging with buttons sewn through the stiff card backing. Not terribly old (FW '83 printed at the bottoms), but rather pleasing in color and...
Shakespeare sampler
Presumed mid-20th century, folded to 11 x 14 with 2-4 inches of extra fabric turned in. In Very Good condition: the maker's original pencil border is still visible and the fabric (muslin?) has some speckling, but it is overall clean and the colors are still...
Art Silks (Moody Embroidery Silk Book, with flosses)
Chicago: Art Novelty Co., ca. 1900. Printed wraps, quarto. 8 die-cut leaves designed to hold and dispense embroidery flosses when properly inserted. Interleaved with pink tissue. Labeled "Patent Pending" on cover with wonderful Art Nouveau illustration. With 12 Corticelli and Filo Selle flosses in "Strawberry...
Jordan Marsh & Co. No. 25
Ribbon-bound textile sample book in flexible blue cloth with gilt stamped titles, 6.25 x 10.25 inches. Likely ca. 1890-1910, but the lack of publication information, other examples, and overall longevity of Jordan Marsh & Co. difficult to reliably speculate. 8 double-leaves of numbered patterns eith the...
The Art of Thought Reading
Softcover 4to, 41pp. A guide to developing your mentalist skills for entertainment. Several black and white illustrations. VG+ with light shelfwear soil, contents clean and unmarked.
The New Round Game of Moorish Fort
Wooden box, 12.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 inches, containing a cast iron "fort," 12 mica marbles/glitter balls (meant to represent soldiers), two hand-painted cast iron flags, a cue, two pushing sticks, two gauges, and four pieces for fashioning a catapult. No itemized contents, but based...
Singer Sewing Skills Kit with Outline of Student's Lessons
(8p) booklet outlining six exercises on the fundamentals of machine sewing that will "start you on the way toward many useful and happy hours with your new Singer Sewing Machine." 5 wax packets with fabric samples, printed patterns and completed exercises, housed in large folded...