Sewing Sample Album; Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co.
notes: label: Description
content: "SAMPLES OF SEWING / DONE ON THE / GROVER & BAKER SEWING MACHINE." stamped in gold letters on brown leather cover. Consists of 18 samples of machine-sewn fabric, each of which is tied with red ribbon to a page. Included among the samples are nine embroidery samples and two quilted examples.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Sewing and Knitting
label: Subject
content: sewing machine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0130.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0130.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Album, Sewing Machine Samples
label: Object Name
content: album, sewing machine samples
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: machine sewing (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 9 in x 10 in; 3.81 cm x 22.86 cm x 25.4 cm