Jenny Wren Club picnic photograph. (Beginning about 1907, local Jenny Wren Clubs were sponsored by the Delineator Magazine, a turn-of-the twentieth century ladies' fashions publication affiliated with the Butterick Company, to promote their sewing...
Scrap fabric cotton "Log Cabin" quilt consisting of rows of light and dark toned fabrics. The centers of each block is red, symbolizing the fireplace of a log cabin home.
This is a photograph of the new pattern shop decorated for a grand opening celebration at Dexter Folder Company. Food and refreshment were served after the ceremony. This is a large room with cloth draped around the ceiling. There are chairs set up...
The pattern department of Dexter Folder Co. in Pearl River, N.Y. There are typed words at the bottom of the image: Pattern Dept., Dexter Folder Co., Pearl River, N.Y., Neg. No. 257, Photo by Geo. W. Springsteen, Pearl River, N.Y. George W....
Hand drawn hexagon quilt piecing diagram on ruled paper. Several of the hexagons have handwritten notes denoting specific color, the notes read ""some light colour"", ""blue or such colour"", ""pink or red or some gay colour"" written twice,...
Love embroidered on perforated paper in green, blue, pink, red and yellow.; Starting in the 1820s, women could purchase commercially produced perforated cardboard for making smaller embroidered items such as book-marks, needle cases and trinket...
Two embroidery patterns one of roses and leaves in ink and the other is a geometric border pattern. The patterns were created using a hand drawn graphed background in pencil. The paper pattern was glued to another piece of paper, most likely for...
Nineteen hexagon patches (with paper still inside) have been sewn together to form this pincushion which has been finished off with silk fringe similar to that used on women's clothing in the 1850s and '60s. The color combination and patterns seem...
Pillow shaped pincushion, with wool Irish stitches (later known as Bargello or flame stitch) on one side. The overall design is alternating diamond patterns in shades of gray and red. Each stitch is outlined in black with a white center. The edge...
Pillow shaped pincushion, with wool Irish stitches (later known as Bargello or flame stitch) on one side. The overall design is alternating diamond patterns in shades of yellow, red, purple and green. Each stitch is outlined in black with a white...
Lithography; New Year cards; Children; Holly; Moon; Sun; Aged persons; Calendars;
Lithographic process, on the front is a young girl wearing a green coat with brown velvet trimming and a brown hat. She is surrounded by snow, enclosed in a circle with the text ""New Year"". Behind the circle is a busy background featuring plant...
