Sewing instruction book sample
date: label: Date
content: 1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: a) Rectangle of white linen folded, overcast edges and border of backstitching in purple silk, five buttonholes and border of running stitches in green silk. b) Strip of white linen gathered at each end into a band, which is ornamented with rows of stem stitch worked in green and yellow silk. c) Cover made of a rectangle of linen with two tucks and hemmed edges surrounded by a ruffle with hemmed edges.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1945-20-3-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: Sewing instruction book sample
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, cotton, linen Technique: overcast, backstitch, buttonhole, running, and stem stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 4 × 10 cm (1 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 10 × 14.1 cm (3 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 8.8 × 11.5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.)