Crafts (art genres)

Scope and Contents

This folder contains reports of fabrics and fibers related to American Fabrics. Also, included are some pages of a magazine about crafts such as pottery, embroideries, and industrial design.

Scope and Contents This folder contains 26 fashion plates: 1) Modes Parisiennes Observateur des Modes, 12 men's plates, 2 women's plates, c. 1821-1822; 2) Le Conseiller des Graces, 2 women's plates, 1828-1829; 3) 2 men's plates, "Histoire du Costume (de Louis XVI au Second Empire)", 1822-1826; 4) La Mode, 1 men's plate, 1 women's plate, c. 1829; 5) 1 men's plate, "Newest Parisian Walking Dregs", c. 1822; 6) 1 women's plate, "Costume de M.elle Jenny Colon, rôle de Denise Fourcy"; 7) 1 women's plate, "Moden Z....

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of primary source material from various fashion-related sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The majority of the sources are fashion plates and tear sheets, but there are also sketches, photographs, and advertisements. Most of the images reflect women's and men's fashions, with some children's fashions, as indicated.

Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of 10 folders containing primarily press clippings of hats, fashions from the 20th century, ethnic costume styles from diverse cultures, fabrics, embroideries, crafts, color, female figure types, dyes, and sizing. The clippings were used apparently for research purposes. Also, included are lists of names that were used for reference as well.

Scope and Contents Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2019 Symposium. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Anna Muller "Counterculture, Craft, and Feminine Power: Crochet from 1966-1976" ; Monica Geraffo "DIY-stopia: Archizoom's 'Dressing Design' and 'Dressing is Easy' and the Paradox of Hand Sewing in Technological Utopias" ; Megan Gillen "The Honeycomb Stitch: Smocking on Garments from 1887 to 1910" ; Faith Cooper "Punk of the...