Made by Hand
The materials in this category are made by hand.
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: c.1890. An elegant handmade paper doll with original art depicting a young woman in upper-class late Victorian clothing...
Price: $450.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: 1930s-1940s. Original paper doll artwork for a stylish modern woman, "Etta", with twenty (20) outfits, one (1) large...
Price: $275.00
Siam, Elephant, Die-cut Card
c1900. A 3" x 5" top fold card. The front cover is cut in the shape of an elephant with...
Price: $50.00
Handmade, Lace Paper, Love and Friendship, Dressed, Fabric and Textiles...
England: 1870s. A handsome octavo (9.5" by 6.25") Valentine handmade with lace paper, Victorian scrap, a print, fabric, and beads...
Price: $250.00
Handmade, Lace Paper, Love and Friendship. Little Red Ridinghood
United States: 1870s. Handmade duodecimo Valentine (5.5" by 3.75") using green polished paper, Victorian scraps, and very fine examples of...
Price: $125.00
Made by Hand, Transformation, Paper Dolls, Overlay, Ethnicity, Metamorphosis
[1860s]. A 3 1/8" somewhat naive watercolor paper doll drawn and cut from pith paper and applied to a plain...
Price: $750.00
Made by Hand, Love Token, watch Paper
A 1.75" in diameter sawtooth cut watch paper love token. A somewhat naive watercolor basked filed with roses, tulips, anemone...
Price: $275.00
Scroll Puzzle, McLoughlin, Childhood Ephemera, Chromolithography
New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1897. No. 540. A 10" x 8" chromolithograph on heavy cardboard depicting an crying toddler...
Price: $325.00
Engineering and Design, Steam Engines, Elevators
New York, New York: Leonard Atwood, Builder of High & Low Pressure Steam Engines and Safety Hoisting Machinery, 1870s. Bifolium...
Price: $225.00
cutwork, Cobbold
A 10" x 7 1/2" sheet with a cutwork depicting a woman riding a horse, all cut from a single...
Price: $425.00
drawings, song bird, doodles, cartoons
1924-1925. A album featuring a series of drawings depicting the characters Cho and Patricia, a song bird and pig respectively...
Price: $550.00
Mother's Helper
1920s. A hard cover folio with a watercolor of an elegant lady holding a feather fan on the front cover...
Price: $95.00
Lancaster Mills, Fabric Swatches and Samples
Clinton, Massachusetts: Lancaster Mills, c.1890. An attractive and well-preserved sample of gingham fabric, contained within a lithographed card bifolium with...
Price: $75.00
Reward of Merit, Original Art, Calligraphy
Cheney L'yonne: 1846. A 14 1/2" x 18" paper reward penned in black and green ink. Presented to a young...
Price: $400.00
sewing, sewing cards, women's work, business history,
Cedar Falls, IA; Huntington, WV; Memphis, TN: J. S. Latta Inc., ? A set of four sewing cards were produced...
Price: $85.00
Construction, Measurement and Conversion Charts, Moveables and Volvelles
Allentown, Pennsylvania: Lehigh Portland Cement Co., 1920. A handy celluloid volvelle lumber scale with twelve (12) points of information, produced...
Price: $70.00
Christmas, verse
Two (2) stocking shaped pages tied together with string. Written in pencil at the top is "Robert B." The first...
Price: $125.00
Women's Fashion Design
[Hendersonville, North Carolina]: March 23rd, 1908. A letter written to "Dearest" from "Your devoted friend", giving the heartbreaking news of...
Price: $225.00
Love Tokens, Love & Friendship,
United States: 1880s. An accordion-style, heart-shaped folding love token pocket (4.25" by 4.5") with navy ribbon closures at top and...
Price: $175.00
Macramé, Knotting, Victoriana, 1970s, Made by Hand
[1970s]. A 6 3/4" x 8 3/4" sample book with 10 different examples of fine macramé knotting. Worked in white...
Price: $250.00
Mansell, Valentine,
A single fold valentine with intricate embossed lace paper cover. A horn of flowers at center surrounded by symmetrical decorative...
Price: $20.00
Reward of Merit, Made by Hand,
May happiness thy steps attend In this role of tears my friend And when this vale of tears is shed...
Price: $75.00
Valentine, Love & Friendship, Courtship
1830s. Single page sheet with two cut-out and applied lithographs of gents; one appearing to be a barber. A rather...
Price: $225.00
Ships, Manuscript, Drawings, Transportation
c1928. A hand crafted paper book with 24 leaves. It includes 10 watercolors of ships throughout the ages from the...
Price: $575.00