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Accession Number 1986.43.2 Title sewing instruction booklet Category Documentary Artifact Object Type booklet, instruction Creator Pickens, Mary Brooks; Singer Sewing Machine Co. Inc. Date Made 1927-1930 Place Made North America: United States, New York Culture North American Cultural Region North American Gender and Age not applicable Materials and Techniques paper Measurements overall: 21 cm x 14 cm Description

Forty eight page staple-bound booklet "How to Make Dresses The Modern Singer Way" published by the Singer sewing Machine Co. Inc. in 1930, written by Mary Brooks Picken; contains discussion about the dressmaking…

Forty eight page staple-bound booklet "How to Make Dresses The Modern Singer Way" published by the Singer sewing Machine Co. Inc. in 1930, written by Mary Brooks Picken; contains discussion about the dressmaking equipment, machine made seams, instrructions on sewing various fabrics, selection and handling of fabrics, selecting and altering patterns, cutting, assembling and finishing a dress; instructions on finishing edges, necklines, collars, applied trims, pockets, bound button holes, belts, ties, plaiting, tucking, and making a coat; Illustrated with line drawings; alphabetized index in the back.

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