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Accession Number 1983.5.2.p Title instruction booklet Category Documentary Artifact Object Type booklet, instruction Creator Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Date Made 1915 Place Made North America: United States, Pennsylvania Culture American Cultural Region North American Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques paper; printed Description

44-page staple-bound booklet Drafting and Plain Dressmaking, Part 1, by Mary Brooks Picket, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1915; contains discussion of fabrics, preparation of fabrics…

44-page staple-bound booklet Drafting and Plain Dressmaking, Part 1, by Mary Brooks Picket, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1915; contains discussion of fabrics, preparation of fabrics prior to cutting out, cutting for plain blouse, pinning, basting and first fitting, and second fitting, other types of blouses, and home mending; Illustrated with line drawings, Table of contents inside front cover.

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