SEW SO

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"SEW SO"

Entry/Object ID

2001.114.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Green; Red; White "Sew So," issued by the Nashua Manufacturing Co., 1928. The 32-page booklet has a cardstock cover with the title in white against a green background at the top of the front. A hand holding scissors cutting orange and black fabric is at the right. The name of the manufacturer is in white against a black background at the bottom left corner. All of the latter is also on the back. At the beginning of the inside are an introduction and a guarantee by Armory, Browne & Co., the fabric manufacturer. The booklet lists fabrics in color groups, and also includes instructions on home dressmaking. At the end are two swatch samples. Many color illustrations and line-drawings are included. With light abrasions, small creases, some discoloration, and rust stains, the object is in good overall condition.

Lexicon

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Home economics, Dressmaking

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Nashua Manufacturing Co., Armory, Browne, & Co., Sewing--Equipment and supplies, Textile fabrics

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Catalogs