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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...
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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...
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...
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...
Fleisher's Knitting and Crocheting Manual
Softcover 8vo, 56pp. With an extra leaf laid-in. Stated fifth edition. Loss to the bottom edge of the front cover, else about Very Good with intermittent soil and toning. Embossed cover printed white (with a silver effect); illustrations of the company's Philadelphia mills on the...
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...
Design Concepts Binder notebook from intro fashion course, with design sketches and mockups with
Student binder from an introductory fashion "Design Concepts" course divided into Class Notes, which includes duties of a designer and information about the practical aspects of clothing production; Houses, a list of suppliers with focus on Los Angeles-area companies; Vocabulary, a surprisingly interesting glossary of...
Philadelphia Textile Institute: Two sets of notes in Fabric Analysis and Weave Formation
Philadelphia: [Philadelphia Textile Institute], 1953. Two notebook sections, one housed in green binder, other on loose ring. Completed by student Robert Salkoff in 1953. Soil to binder, pages with frequent tears at the hole punches, creasing and edgewear. Discoloration to the tape and glue used...
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...
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,...