1900 Needlework Magazine

[Nancy & Michael Feldman]

Home Needlework Magazine, Vol II, No. 1
January, 1900
Includes two racist "Coon Sofa Pillow Designs" (with pictures of the
pillows)

5 1/2 x 8". This quarterly publication is devoted to Art Needlework,
Crochet, Knitting, and Home
Decoration, Copyrighted and Published by The Florence Publishing Company,
Florence Mass,
1900. 94 pages. Halftone engravings and more than 10 color plates.9 pages
of ads.It was
very genteel but at the same time contain racist material for sofa pillow
designs along with
pictures of the pillow. This was edited by Mrs. L. Barton Wilson, of the
Art Amateur, Art
Interchange, and Harper's Bazar, Mrs. Emma Haywood, of the Jadies' Home
Journal and the
Dilineator, Miss. Emma M. Hooper, of the Ladies' Home Journal, Miss.
Alice Esdaile, of the
Montreal Society of Decorative Art and Mrs. Jennie T. Wandle, formerly of
Harper's Bazar and
the Dilineator.The frontispiece has a point lace handkerchief with
corresponding article on p. 45
on Modern Point Lace
.
The contents of this Periodical include a 9 page article by Mrs. L.
Barton Wilson in Shading as
the Embroiderer Should Understand It.With 8 figures and two color
plates.Lessons in
Embroidery; ( you could write to Mrs. Wilson if you were a subscriber and
sent a 2 cent stamp
and she would answer your questions.) Lesson V: how to embroider the
double rose- 5 pages
with 10 figures.Lesson VI: How to embroider the Morning Glory, 4 pages
with 6 figures.The
subject of equipment and laundering are addressed. Article on
centerpieces and doilies with
complete directions for 21 different designs including Morning Glory
Clematis,Cosmos,
Geranium, Cherry, Misletoe, Iris (etc.).Article on Modern Point Lace by
Jessie Taylor Wandle
(see Frontispiece).4 pages with 4 figures.Complete instructions, figures
and color plates for how
to make a Crocheted Silk Chatelaine Bag and a crocheted silk
purse.Instructions for tea cloths,
dresser scarves .two racist "Coon Sofa Pillow Designs" (with pictures of
the pillows).Also
Sloan Jockey Pillow designs, and many other sundry designs. Instructions
on how to launder
Battenburg lace. The last five pages is an article on the MidWinter
Fashions; what you should
wear.

The magazine is in very good condition except for what I will describe
;the covers seem to have
been pasted on and are coming off a bit. Some paper has come off the
spine for about 2" of the
bottom but this does not affect anything.There are a few less than 1/4"
tears and a 2" stain on the
bottom of the first 5 or 6 pages.

$75 postpaid in the U.S. All other countries at cost.

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