Fashion & Costume
thread, sewing, samples, sample set, cotton thread, silk thread
J & P Coats and Gudebrod Brothers Company, c1880. The first sample thread set in this collection was produced by J & P Coats, and has 21 different shades of spool cotton thread. On the front cover is an image of two women seating in a field, with one sewing.....
Price: $120.00
Made by Hand, Paper Dolls, Watercolor, Fashion
A 6 1/2" handmade paper dolls with fine brown ringlets dressed in pantaloons and a slip (pencil drawn) and brown watercolor shoes. Her top fold costumes are pink and rose dress with a white pinafore. One with faint polka-dots; the other plain - each with different ruffle at base of.....
Price: $250.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Coffee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: John Hoffmann & Sons Co., [1895]. A 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" uncut paper doll printed on card stock. Depicts a 5 1/4" self-easel paper doll and two (2) costumes and hats. Promotional info on body of the doll for Hoffmann's Old Time Coffee. Reverse is blank...
Price: $85.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, advertising to Children, Health and Wellness
Ossining, NY: The Sterizol Co., [1920]. An 8" x 6 1/4" uncut advertising paper doll sheet with 6" "Happiness" with three (3) dresses and hair ribbons. A coupon at the base allows you to send for an extra sheet of Dresses, Rompers, Pajamas, Cloak and Hats for the doll for.....
Price: $75.00
crepe paper, play, costume, made from paper, hat, fashion, party favors
Chicago, IL: Van Housen, 1920. A trade catalogue for the company call Van Housen, based in Chicago, which sold paper, mostly crepe paper, party favors, costumes and accessories. This items were intended for short time use, either as a Halloween costume, theater costume, or any sort costume parties such as.....
Price: $100.00
Dolls, Sewing Patterns, Germany
Germany: c.1900. German sewing patterns and instructions for making bathing costumes and accessories for a porcelain doll, housed in the original publisher's portfolio. The contents include: one loose chromolithographed plate with illustrations of the finished garments (7.25" by 5", verso blank); one [4] pp. printed instructions booklet (5.25" by 4.5");.....
Price: $225.00
Coat Dress, Side-tiered Dress, Basque Dress, Self-Trimmed Wrap, Coats and Suits, Misses' fashion, Junior Fashions
Scranton, Penn: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc., 1923. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Woman's Fall & Winter Fashion. Contains Coat Dress, Side-tiered Dress, Basque Dress, Self-Trimmed Wrap, Coats and Suits, Misses' fashion, Junior Fashions and more. Black & white fashion illustrations with multiple views often showing variations on a......
Price: $95.00
One-Piece Dress, Draped Dress, Costume Suit, Sports Apparel, Misses' Costumes, Junior Fashions, Millinery Fashions
Scranton, Penn: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc., 1923. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Woman's Springtime Fashion. Contains Variations of One-Piece Dress, Draped Dress, Costume Suit, Sports Apparel, Misses' Costumes, Junior Fashions, Millinery Fashions and more. Black & white fashion illustrations with multiple views often showing variations on a pattern.....
Price: $95.00
Sewing Patterns,Women's Clothing
New York and Paris: 1871-1904. A group of four (4) catalogs of Victorian and Edwardian women's fashion. All are illustrated with prices, and highlight the growing availability of fashion to the general public. Items include: "Mme. Demorest's Pocket portfolio of Fashions for the Million". New York: Emporium of Fashions.....
Price: $250.00
Life Preservers, Safety Equipment, Nautical and Maritime
New York, New York: International Life Suit Corporation, 1910s. Advertising handbill for the Ever-Warm Safety-Suit, a diving suit akin to a life preserver that claims to "keep you afloat for hours or days, dry and warm, absolutely protected from exposure". A photograph of a group of adults and children wearing.....
Price: $125.00
Retail Displays,American Consumerism,Fashion,Deco
Chicago, Illinois: Zouri Metals Company, 1920s. Illustrated folding advert for Zouri brand constructed display windows, marketed to retail businesses as a stylish and secure option for displaying their products. Features an illustration of a Zouri window display on the front, attracting several fashionable and modern young ladies to the store.....
Price: $100.00
Musicology, Japanese Culture, Art and Design, Cultural Appropriation, Exoticism
1913. Illustrated bifolium program (11" by 8") for a performance given by Albert Gale and his wife Martha Brockway Gale, "Music and Myth of Old Japan". The Gales were two Americans who toured the United States giving "Gale Costume Lectures" with the intent of sharing Japanese art, costume, and performance.....
Price: $150.00
Social History, Popular Culture, WW2, SPARS, WACS, WAVES, fashion, historical fashion, costume
1987-2011. This collection of 28 paper dolls by the Jones Sisters, a pair of women, named Barbara Plummer and Barbara Barnett, who designed paper dolls. The majority of the collection are limited edition runs that were sold at the yearly Paper Doll Convention. The collection date from 1987-2011, with the.....
Price: $650.00
Paper Dolls, Gender Roles, Decorative Papers
Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., c.1935. Uncut paper doll book featuring two standing paper dolls (Mary and Madge) with 6 leaves of garment patterns ("School Dress", "Evening Cape", "Evening Dress", "Play Dress", "Garden Dress", and "Winter Dress"), along with 12 leaves of decorated paper to use as "fabric". Includes printed.....
Price: $125.00
Social History and Classes, Paper Dolls, Costume and Fashion, Pretend Play,Morality
Paris: H. Rousseau, [1855]. An untitled elaborate paper doll set with room setting. The litho on the cover depicts one lady admiring herself in a mirror with a second dresses the child and another lady looks on. Includes two identical 6.75" two-sided female dolls and a 4.75" child. The women.....
Price: $2,500.00
caricatures] [cartoons] [C.D. Gibson
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. unpaginated, brown cloth gilt title, black and white sketches throughout mixed with minimal text, enclosed in matching cloth gilt box. This truly unique book describes Mr. Pipp's travels with "Mrs. Pipp and the girls" through London, Paris, America, the Riviera, Italy, Monte Carlo and the.....
Price: $300.00
1950s Americana,Kitsch,Gender Roles
United States: 1950s. Original photograph of a delightfully kitschy display of Western or cowboy-style clothing, "Boys' Corral", complete with cowboy boots, hats, and accessories. Note the cartoonish cowboy and horse figurines dotting the straw display in the glass case, and the lamp made from a cowboy boot. Photographed by commercial.....
Price: $100.00
Women in Librarianship,History of Hats and Bonnets,History of Women and Fashion
Danvers, Massachusetts: 1930s. A charming promotional leaflet for talks given by Eleanor Coray Forman on the history of women and bonnets: "In this unusual and inspirational talk Mrs. Forman uses fascinating bonnets to illustrate worthwhile qualities in life; old fashioned bonnets for a sense of humor, an aviatrix helmet for.....
Price: $125.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Social History, Women's History
1908-1913. Color newspaper paper dolls series of a good little girl who is always very careful about her dress. Printed on newspring. Each segment includes at least one paper dolls with costumes and accessories and a narrative promoting good behavior, caring and living in a perfect world. A segment captioned.....
Price: $375.00
paper dolls, woman's history, fashion, school girl
Racine , WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1943. Two punch out dolls, Peg and Dot, with six (6) uncut color costume pages. Each outfit on the pages is label the correct corresponding doll. The outfits are designed around the appropriate attire for teens to wear at different times of the day.....
Price: $150.00
Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History, Women's History
1805. A 3.5" x 3" watercolor bust of a women gazing slightly to the right on 6" x 5 1/4" card stock. Finely detailed face. Inscribed on reverse "Miss Millett with J.P..W's love". This is accompanied by sixteen (16) different overlays of costumes for women of various stations, nationalities and.....
Price: $3,200.00
clothing and dress] [humor
London: Riddle Book LTD, c. 1945. Illustrated board, pages split horizontally to create multiple images, color illustrations throughout, cover states "patent applied for No. 24053/45" and "may we divide your attention for a moment?" Humorous look at fashion, the book consists of images of dress over time and simple verses.....
Price: $40.00
Original art, Made by Hand, Paper Dolls, Social History
9.29. Four (4) original watercolor designs are attributed to Jane Langton while a graduate student at Radcliffe. Although not signed they were given to the previous owner by Ms. Langton as her work. Finely detailed well executed art. Created on art board, each measures 12" x 8 1/2" Jane Gillson.....
Price: $375.00
Morocco, Gold Tooling, Ladies' Fashion
Heidelberg, Germany: 1853. Fine gilt morocco glove box made for Louise Sommer by Joseph Sommer of Heidelberg. A beautiful example with cream silk and crushed red silk interior. Measures 9.5" by 6.25" by 2"; ticket of Joseph Sommer to interior.
Price: $550.00