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1880s
Product catalogues: Miscellaneous
GUSN-314768
The book has transfer designs for embroidery projects. Text on the title page reads "A warm iron passed over the back of these papers transfers the pattern to any fabric." The item contains "Village scenes" by Kate Greenaway on pages 135-140. Text stamped on the endpapers reads "John D. Clapp, designer & emb. stamper, February 29, 1884, No. 1 Music Hall Place, Boston, Mass." There is a small design clipped from another publication.
advertising
business (commercial function)
embroidering
needleworking (process)
transfer paper
children (people by age group)
books
1 book, 168 pages : illustrations ; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.016.058
8 3/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Richard and Jane Nylander, 1992.
New York City (New York state)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Briggs & Co. (Publisher)
books
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
Music Hall Place (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Product catalogues: Miscellaneous
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