Name/Title
"NEEDLECRAFT," FEBRUARY 1928Entry/Object ID
2002.151.1.1Description
Color: Black; Orange; Purple; Red; White
"Needlecraft," February 1928, published by the Needlecraft Publishing Company. The artifact has fifty pages and at the top of the front is the title in black and the date and price in red. At the center is a color illustration of a girl wearing a costume with a large red heart over the front and holding a small box and keeping Valentine's Day cards in her mouth, while a woman golds a white coat for her to put on. At the left is another child picking up a Valentine's card. The artist's name, K. Alexander, is at the bottom left. Contents include articles on cross-stitch embroidery; purses and handbags; frocks for girls; food; home decoration; women's fashions; converting attics into room space; beginning embroidery; crocheted chair-backs; baby layettes, bonnets, and dresses; bassinet coverlets; and doilies. There are many photograph and drawing illustrations, and advertisements for household goods. Another copy is in the collection and is item 2002.16.1.1. In fair condition, there are cover creases, soiling, a fold at the top right corner of the front; a loss at the bottom left corner of the front; small stains; and small tears, as well as some tears on pages and pages 43-44 being loose.Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Home economics, Interior decoration, Embroidery, Needlework, CookerySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Needlecraft Publishing Company, Clothing and dress, Household textiles, Household linensLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)