Old Time tools and toys of needlework by Gertrude Whiting, book

Old-time tools and Toys of Needlework with over 200 illustrations. (black and white)

This is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Columbia University Press in 1928 under the title Tools and Toys of Stitchery.

Gertrude Whiting, Honorary Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fellow of the Institute Professional Neuchatelois de Dentelles, describes and illustrates nearly all the paraphernalia, accoutrements, appliances, accessories., and doodads, and dressmaking to warp weaving, batik making and lace making.


The pages are all securely fixed to the spine.

ISBN: 0-486-22517-8

Please look carefully at the pictures they show clearly the condition of the book

357 Pages

Please note all my items are vintage unless otherwise stated, and therefore there could be signs of aging or slight damage, if this is the case I have tried to show this in the write up and or in the pictures.

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