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Accession Number 1983.5.2.i Title instruction book Category Documentary Artifact Object Type book, instruction Creator Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Date Made 1916 Place Made North America: United States, Pennsylvania Culture North American Cultural Region North American Materials and Techniques paper; printed Description

36-page hand sewn booklet Tissue-Paper Patterns, Part I, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1916, discusses history of the tissue paper pattern, taking measurements; several aspects of…

36-page hand sewn booklet Tissue-Paper Patterns, Part I, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1916, discusses history of the tissue paper pattern, taking measurements; several aspects of patterms available at the time of writing, the instructions with the pattern, the layout of pattern pieces, fitting and altering; illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs;

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