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Over 10,000 Books on Hand! Use key word search for more selections Search in Collector Book Store Search titles and descriptions 913-651-0600 — Hours: 9am - 4pm CST SKU OOP-ING-1971-0486225178-WH1 (click for larger image) Old-Time Tools & Toys of Needlework by: Gertrude Whiting ISBN: 0486225178 Complete Book Title:Old-Time Tools & Toys of NeedleworkAuthor:Gertrude WhitingBinding Type:Soft CoverCopyright Date:1971Number of Pages:357Size:6.5 x 9.17 in.Book Subject:SewingInternational Customers:This item WILL fit in a Global Priority unpadded flat envelope.Domestic Customers:This item ships BOXED. Calculate Shipping Here eBay Customers - Pay Here We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents It was quite fashionable among the ladies of Marie Antoinette's court to employ stilettos and punches for parfilage. They unpicked the gold and silver threads from the richly embroidered material of their gowns and cloaks. A set of bone bobbins was found in England with the Lord's Prayer spirally incised phrase by phrase along each bobbin's length. A clever French inventor designed a pair of scissors with 18 different uses -screwdriver, nail file, cigar cutter, ruler, lid pryer, buttonholer adjuster -to name just a few. These and many other artifacts and instruments of sewing, weaving, and spinning are considered from an historical, cultural and antique collecting point of view. Gertrude Whiting, Honorary Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fellow of the Institute Professional Neuchtelois de Dentelles, describes and illustrates nearly all the paraphernalia, accoutrements, appliances, accessories, and doodads associated with all yarn and thread handicrafts from knitting, embroidery, and dressmaking to warp weaving, batik making and lace making. Examples of winders, scissors, thimbles, measures, knitting needles, crochet-hooks, bodkins, punches, sewing needles, pins, pincushions, hoops, frames, bobbins, shuttles, spinning wheels, and sewing machines are taken from such widely scattered cultures as Java, ancient Egypt, Victorian England, and prerevolutionary Russia. For each artifact, the author gives a history of its invention, an etymology, its age, lore, use, and a variety of literary and artistic sources in which it's mentioned or depicted. This unique work is extremely rich in illustrations, including many photographs of objects from private collections. It will certainly awaken those who take these tools for granted to a new world of possibilities and will spur those who collect them on to new endeavors. Unabridged republication of 1928 edition. Formerly titled Tools and Toys of Stitchery. More than 200 illustrations. Index. vii + 357pp. 61/8 x 9i1. Paperbound. Checkout Here Shipping Cost Contact Us Questions We ship worldwide - international customers welcomed here! Infopia :: Leaders in Listing Innovation
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