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Accession Number 1983.5.3.a Title instruction booklet Category Documentary Artifact Object Type booklet, instruction Creator Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Date Made 1925 Place Made North America: United States, Pennsylvania Culture North American Cultural Region North American Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques paper; printed Description

56-page staple-bound instruction booklet : Designing and Planning Clothis, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1925, contains discussion on principles of…

56-page staple-bound instruction booklet : Designing and Planning Clothis, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1925, contains discussion on principles of design, body types, designing for 'the stout figure', the slender figure, selecting colour, type of fabrics, hats, correct attitude, and accessories; Table of contents in front, illustrated with line drawings.

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