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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...
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...
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...
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...
Millinery
Hardcover 8vo, 213pp. Very Good with light general soil, upper corner of the front corner bumped and misshapen on the inside, very shallow and brief tidemark at the bottom edge affecting about 15 pages. Scarce work on hat making techniques and patterns with stylish imagery--116...
Superior Hooked Rug Patterns (brochure & circulars)
Circular, price list, pattern brochure, color coupon offer and original mailing envelope. Brochure is undated; letter dated December 31, 1936. Single broadsheet folded to 8 nesting panels, printed on both sides with specimen illustrations of patterns on offer and short promotional copy. Advertised in ladies'...
Needle and recipe book advertising H. J. Bare Jeweler and Watchmaker
Promotional needle book made by the International Needle Co. and customized for Bare Jewelers in Waynesboro, Western PA. Stiff card wraps, 5.25 x 3.75 inches. With 32 pages of recipes for cookies, nut rolls, sticky buns, and other sweet treats. Complete with all 12 large...
The Bench Saw and Jointer: A Manual for the Home Craftsman and Shop Owner
Over 100 Circular Saw and Jointer Operations Described and Illustrated. Softcover 8vo, 32pp. Well illustrated with photos and drawings showing special attention to the purposes of different kinds of joints and saws. Very Good with minor soil to wraps.