Instructional Sewing Manual with Samples: [Sewing Instruction, Women's Work, Fashion & Design]
- Used
- Condition
- Good to very good. Water staining, cords delicate/loosening. Wrappers chipped with one small stain to upper right-hand corner of
- Seller
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Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
United States, c.1930s. Good to very good. Water staining, cords delicate/loosening. Wrappers chipped with one small stain to upper right-hand corner of upper wrapper.. An instructional sewing manual, starting with the basics ("Thread is made from cotton, flax, wool or silk") and ending with an intermediate sewing pattern ("Kimona", i.e. a Kimono with French seams). Includes nine (9) typewritten leaves with instructions, alongside sewn fabric examples to illustrate. Information on appropriate needle and thread, basting, stitches, seams, patching, napery, french or damask hem, stocking darning, cashmere darning, buttonholes, k A valuable record of sewing instruction circa 1930s.
25 leaves of gray card, each measuring 9" by 7", sandwiched between two leaves of green and cream marbled paper and secured with orange cord. Typewritten leaves and sewing samples fastened to gray cards with small brass grommets.
25 leaves of gray card, each measuring 9" by 7", sandwiched between two leaves of green and cream marbled paper and secured with orange cord. Typewritten leaves and sewing samples fastened to gray cards with small brass grommets.
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- Seller
- Eclectibles (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 22005821
- Title
- Instructional Sewing Manual with Samples
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to very good. Water staining, cords delicate/loosening. Wrappers chipped with one small stain to upper right-hand corner of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- c.1930s
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sewing Instruction
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Eclectibles
All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made in a timely manner and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
Eclectibles
Biblio member since 2014
Tolland, Connecticut
About Eclectibles
As our name implies we provide diverse offerings of ephemera and related items. Some areas of note are childhood ephemera and books, social history and women's history, visual culture, advertising in America, historical memorabilia, made by hand, transformation material and the study of childhood. As a member of the Appraisers Association of America, I also provide appraisal services in our areas of expertise with a focus on large collections.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Leaves
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...