Sewing Materials
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A textbook from the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (Scranton, PA) on the materials used in sewing. It opens with the development of textiles (fiber preparation, spinning, weaving, knitting, cloth finishes, dyeing). Separate sections cover cotton, linen, wool, silk and rayon: production, manufacture, tests for quality and adulteration, and tables of fabrics with weave, width, price and use. The last third is a history of lace, with methods of making it and an alphabetical guide to many hand- and machine-made laces, illustrated with paired photographs.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1923
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 130
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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