Old-Time Tools & Toys of Needlework (original 1928; edition 1971)

by Gertrude Whiting

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Identifies and describes the function and development of nearly all the paraphernalia, accoutrements, appliances, accessories associated with all yarn and thread handicrafts. More than 200 illustrations of hoops, frames, pins, pincushions, punches, bobbins, bodkins, shuttles, spinning wheels, sewing machines, and more from a wide array of cultures. Index.… (more)

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Title:	Old-Time Tools & Toys of Needlework
Authors:	Gertrude Whiting
Info:	Dover Publications (1971), Paperback, 357 pages
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Old-Time Tools and Toys of Needlework by Gertrude Whiting (1928)

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CathyLockhart | Sep 30, 2022 |

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Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco)

PTArts | Oct 6, 2021 |

Reprint. Orig. publ. as Tools and toys of stitchery. -- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 1928 (

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ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 |

Very early work (1928) attempting to document the tools historically used in fiberwork. While it doesn't meet today's standards of documentation, it certainly has enough photos, paintings, and other information, to make it a worthwhile addition to my reference library. Some of the items were quite fun! (

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Old-Time Tools and Toys of Needlework

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Tools and Toys of Stitchery

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1928

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With admiration for the exquisiteness of her possessions, so refleting the charm and refinement of their collector; and with warmest thanks for the gracious permission most generously granted to reproduce some of these precious pieces, regardless of the risk and disturbance involved; I dedicate these pages on "implements of loving labor" to Mrs. De Witt Cinton Cohen

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Identifies and describes the function and development of nearly all the paraphernalia, accoutrements, appliances, accessories associated with all yarn and thread handicrafts. More than 200 illustrations of hoops, frames, pins, pincushions, punches, bobbins, bodkins, shuttles, spinning wheels, sewing machines, and more from a wide array of cultures. Index.

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