Making slip covers successfully, by Mary Corbin, Home Institute, Inc., New York, New York

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Date

1940

GUSN

GUSN-322711

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Interior decoration
General
Interior decoration - General - Folder 2
Making slip covers successfully, by Mary Corbin, Home Institute, Inc., New York, New York
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Interior decoration
    - General
      - Interior decoration - General - Folder 2
        Trade card for the Drapery Department, Loring & Howard, Opera House Block, Brockton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Fred Aldridge, general decorator for balls, parties, floral decorations for weddings, 198 Fulton Avenue, location unknown, undated
        Puritan Paper Patterns for making home draperies, F.A. Foster & Co., inc., 330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Puritan Cretonnes decorative scheme arranged by Rosalie Norton, F.A. Foster & Co., Inc., 330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Crown Window Shade Co., 360 Warren Street, Roxbury, Mass., undated
        Cretonne solves the problem, F.A. Foster & Co., Inc., 330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Puritan Cretonne slip covers and how to make them, by Rosalie Norton, F.A. Foster & Co., Inc., 330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Making slip covers successfully, Mary Corbin, Home Institute, Inc., New York, New York (current record)
        Letterhead for F.A. Foster and Company, Inc., Puritan Drapery Fabrics, 322-330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 30, 1928

Description

A step-by-step guide to creating slipcovers for chairs and sofas is provided in the item. Text on the front cover reads, "The Cleveland News."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
home economics
upholstery
slipcovers (furniture coverings)
furniture
interior decoration
sewing (process)
booklets

Physical Description

1 booklet, 40 pages : illustrations ; 9 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.066.01.02.008

Image Dimensions

9 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

New York City (New York state)
Cleveland (Cuyahoga county, Ohio)

Record Details

Originator

Corbin, Mary (Author)
Home Institute, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

booklets

Description Level

Item

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