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First Steps in Sewing
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One boxed set of sewing cards, manufacturer unknown, comprised of 6 sewing cards (5 uncolored) and several lengths of colored thread. The sixth card is printed in color; it is an image of a woman's high-collared dress. Some of the cards have been completed.
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Set of drawing cards circa 1850
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One set of drawing cards, untitled, ca. 1850. There are 48 drawing cards in this set, each numbered in the upper-right hand corner, 5 to 32, followed by 66, then 68-76. The designs, largely geometric, are progressively more complex as the numbers go higher. Many of the cards have been copied in pencil, next to the original printed design (one per card). They are untitled, and contain no other form of identification. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Grammar School Drawing Cards of Elementary Design
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One set of drawing cards entitled Grammar School Drawing Cards of Elementary Design, by Lucius B. Morgan, printed by Grout & Putman, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1875. The envelope and cards identify this set as the "Second Series." The envelope also identifies Mr. Morgan as the "Teacher of Drawing in the Public Schools, Worcester, Mass." The envelope contains three double-sided cards. The six images on the cards contain simple leaf and flower designs which are then incorporated into more complex designs. For example, there is one image labeled "The Ivy" which show the simple ivy leaf and then the same leaf used in a repeating border and a fan design. Each card is labeled and has a set of designs. The cards have not been printed with identifying numbers. "Florence Belcher" and "$25.00" (price) are written in ms. on the cover.
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Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I
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One set of drawing cards entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part I, by B.F. Nutting, printed by M. J. Whipple, Boston, Massachusetts, 1848. Originally the set came with 18 cards; only seventeen are present in this set--card 10 is missing. Each of the cards is single-sided, and bear a "1" in the upper left-hand corner and a different number in the upper right-hand corner. One card is unnumbered and appears to have been added at a later time. The cards are each described in an instructional pamphlet, eight pages in length, which is entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, In Four Parts: Eighteen Cards in Each, Presenting Carefully Drawn Examples, and Accompanied by Directions Illustrating the First Principles of Drawing; for the Use of Schools and Families. The pamphlet also features instructions in basic drawing techniques. On the upper right-hand corner of the pamphlet's cover there is a handwritten note, in pencil, which reads "17 (of 18) cards / #10 Lacking/ 35-/ c.f. xix of Drepperd Amer. Draw. [?] NY 1946." The cards and the pamphlet were originally enclosed in an envelope with a green-criss-cross design.
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American Drawing-Cards, First Series
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One set of drawing cards entitled American Drawing-Cards, First Series, by Walter Smith, published by James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1873. This set includes 7 drawing cards, printed on both sides of each card. There are 14 numbered lessons, each with white-on-black lithograph illustrations. Also included is a set of directions: "Rules for the Guidance of Pupils using the American Drawing Cards." On the verso of this card is printed a 5-inch long rule measure. The lessons progress from simple horizontal, vertical and parallel lines (lesson no. 1) to moulding and interlacing forms (lesson no. 14, example 42). The cards are within a protective paper envelope. "Johnnie Fray[?]" is written in ms. at the top of the first card.
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Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part VI
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One set of drawing cards entitled Initiatory Drawing Cards, Part VI, by B. F. Nutting, printed by John Jewett & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1850. Originally the set came with 18 cards, however there are only sixteen present--Cards 17 and 18 are missing. Each of the cards is single-sided and have a "IIII" in the upper left-hand corner and a different number in the upper right-hand corner. The cards are each numbered and described in the instructions printed on the sleeve. The number in the instructions corresponds to the number in the card's upper right-hand corner. "#135 $25.00" is written in ms. on the sleeve.
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