1920s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Book 105 Piece Good Hats
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences
Early Correspondence School Textbook
105 Piece Good Hats
by Ora Cne
From hard to find Millinery Course
(We have the Lots for Sale!!)
This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. This book comes from a rare set of Millinery books that are extremely hard to find especially in this condition. Mary Brooks Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all time. In addition to this series she also wrote the best how to sew guide book produced by Singer. All told she wrote 96 books on sewing. She also taught "Economics of Fashion" at Columbia University.
Each Woman's Institute Book is a small 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 Inch booklet. This one has 34 pages and is dated 1921 from a rare Millinery Course set of books. This set had 25 books and I have many of them available for sale. The condition is minor wear to the cover, inside pages are nice.
Early Correspondence School Textbook
105 Piece Good Hats
by Ora Cne
From hard to find Millinery Course
(We have the Lots for Sale!!)
This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. This book comes from a rare set of Millinery books that are extremely hard to find especially in this condition. Mary Brooks Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all time. In addition to this series she also wrote the best how to sew guide book produced by Singer. All told she wrote 96 books on sewing. She also taught "Economics of Fashion" at Columbia University.
Each Woman's Institute Book is a small 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 Inch booklet. This one has 34 pages and is dated 1921 from a rare Millinery Course set of books. This set had 25 books and I have many of them available for sale. The condition is minor wear to the cover, inside pages are nice.