Sewing instruction book sample
date: label: Date
content: 1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: a) Fragments of white linen, folded and overcast at edges; five rows of backstitching. b) Fragment of linen printed in pink with hemming on four sides. c) Four squares, each hemmed on four sides, overcast together to form one larger square (of white and printed fabric). d) Rectangle of glazed linen with four hemmed sides, one flat seam and two tucks. e) Strips of white and printed pink fabric joined to form chevron pattern by flat seaming, overcasting and hemming.
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: 1945-20-2-a/e
objectType: label: Type
content: sample books
label: Type
content: Sewing instruction book sample
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave and printed plain weave, glazed
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 3 × 8 cm (1 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 4 × 4 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 7.5 × 7.8 cm (2 15/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (d): 5.6 × 10.5 cm (2 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (e): 11.3 × 16 cm (4 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)