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Fancy work

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• Decoration and ornament
• Sewing

• Needlework
• Textile crafts

• Fancy work -- Catalogs. from old catalog
• Fancy work -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Fancy work -- Juvenile fiction
• Artificial flowers
• Beadwork
• Crocheting
• Drawn-work
• Embroidery
• Hairwork
• Hooking
• Knitting
• Lace and lace making
• Netting
• Patchwork
• Quilting
• Smocking

• Ladies' Fancy Work: Hints and Helps To Home Taste and Recreations (New York: H. T. Williams, 1876), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Decorative Needlework (London: J. Hughes and Co., 1893), by May Morris (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The international encyclopedia of scientific tailor principles, for all kinds and styles of garment-making ... Also designing ... embroidery, crocheting, knitting, worsted work, fancy and artistic needle work ... By Prof. D.C. Christner, V.D.M. (Philadelphia [S.M. Larzelere, printer], 1885), by D. C. Christner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... / comp. from the best authorities by Miss Florence Hartley. (Philadelphia : G. G. Evans, 1859), by Florence Hartley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Needles and brushes, and how to use them; a manual of fancy work, by Jane Eyre. Containing directions for embroidering, painting, modelling, carving, etc. (Chicago and New York, Belford, Clarke & co., 1887), by Jane Eyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our homes; how to beautify them. One hundred and fifty engravings. (New York, O. Judd co., 1888), by George A. Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collingbourne's encyclopedia of technologic art needle work instruction, by Virginia Snow; designs and complete directions for crochet, tatting, embroidery, knitting, 147 new original designs. (Elgin, Ill., c1915), by Virginia Snow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ingalls' illustrated catalogue and special wholesale price list of stamped goods, stamping outfits, fancy work materials, Briggs' transfer patterns, fancy work books and art novelties. (Lynn, Mass., J. F. Ingalls, c1887), by J. Fred Ingalls (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... (Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley, 1860), by Florence Hartley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modelbüch neuw aller art Nehens uñ Stickens : jetzund wider mit vil Mödlen vnd Stahlen : allen Steinmetzen, Seidenstickern, vnnd Neterin sehr nützlich vnnd lustig zügericht. ([Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn : Durch Weygand Han vnd Georg Raben, 1562]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations / (New York : H. T. Williams, 1876, c1875), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household elegancies; suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations. (New York, H.T. Williams, 1877), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The home art book of fancy stitchery; with samples of drawn thread work, resille net, bead-work, and fancy stitches for dress trimmings, feather stitching, hardanger work, hedebo work, knitting, macram ̌work, darned net, cross-stitch, ancient cut-work, embroidery on flannel; (New York : F.A. Stokes company, [1913]), by Flora Klickmann, Gilbert E. Witte, and Tennyson Library of Crochet & related arts (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) IU-R (page images at HathiTrust)
• Every girl's book : a compendium of entertaining amusements, for recreation in home circles / (London ; New York : Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860), by John Leighton, Dalziel Brothers. egr, Cox (Bros.) and Wyman. prt, and Warne Routledge, ed. by Louisa Lawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations / (New York : H. T. Williams, 1877), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methodik des Handarbeits-Unterreichtes : für Lehrerinnen-Gildungsanstalten und zur Fortbildung für Arbeitslehrerinnen an Volks- und Bürgerschulen / (Wien : A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn, 1903), by Gabriele Hillardt-Stenzinger and Anna Spolz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Needles and brushes, and how to use them; a manual of fancy work, (Chicago and New York, Belford, Clarke & co., 1887), by Jane Eyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three hundred decorative and fancy articles for presents, fairs, etc., etc. (Boston : S. W. Tilton, [c1885]), by Lucretia P. Hale and Margaret Eliot White (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American domestic cyclopædia, a volume of universal ready reference for American women in American homes. (New York, 1890), ed. by F. M. Lupton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home decoration: art needle-work and embroidery; painting on silk, satin, and velvet; panel-painting; and wood-carving. (New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1881), by Janet E. Ruutz-Rees (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pressed flower pictures and citrus-skin decorations / (Princeton, NJ : D. Van Nostrand, c1962), by Ruth Voorhees Booke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Florence home needlework 1896. (Florence, Mass. : Nonotuck Silk Company, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three hundred decorative and fancy articles : for presents, fairs, etc., etc. : with directions for making and nearly one hundred decorative designs / (Boston : S.W. Tilton and Co., 1885), by Lucretia P. Hale and Margaret E. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household elegancies; suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations. (New York, H.T. Williams, 1875), by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American girl's book, or, Occupation for play hours / (New York : J. Miller, 1865), by Eliza Leslie and Harriet E. Fourdrinier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Needle and brush: useful and decorative. (New York, The Butterick Pub. Co., 1889), by John Q. Reed and Eliza M. Lavin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Varied occupations in string work ... (London, 1914), by Louisa Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Young Ladies' Journal Complete guide to the worktable : containing instructions in Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macramé, lace, netting, Poonah painting, & tatting, with numerous illustrations and coloured designs. (London : E. Harrison, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions in Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, Poonah painting, & tatting, with numerous illustrations and coloured designs. (London : E. Harrison, [1892?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• De aesthetiek der vrouwen-handwerken : bekroonde beantwoording van de door de Vereeniging "Tesselschade" gestelde prijsvraag "Kunst toegepast op vrouwelijke handwerken" / (Haarlem : De Erven F. Bohn, 1908), by C. Ed Taurel and Johanna W. A. Naber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Needle-craft: artistic and practical. (New York, The Butterick Publishing Co., Ltd., 1889), by John Q. Reed and Eliza M. Lavin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ladies handbook of fancy and ornamental work : comprising directions and patterns for working in appliqué, bead work, braiding, canvas work, knitting, netting, tatting ... &c., &c. / (Philadelphia : J.W. Bradley, 1860), by Florence Hartley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ladies' handbook of knitting, netting, and crochet : containing plain directions by which to become proficient in those branches of useful and ornamental employment / (New York : J.S. Redfield, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elegant arts for ladies : comprising ... (London : Ward and Lock, [1856?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps, ed. by Flora Klickmann (Gutenberg ebook)

• Catalogue containing illustrations and price lists of Newman & Levinson ... (San Franscisco, Cal., S. W. Raveley, printer, [1891]), by San Francisco Newman & Levinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850: Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery, with Clear and Explicit Directions for Working the Patterns (Gutenberg ebook)

• Nanny's Christmas (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1870), by Jasper Green, J. Fagan & Son, and Moore Bros (page images at Florida)
• The story of a geranium, or, The queen of Morocco (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.) (page images at Florida)

• The Floral Knitting Book: or, The Art of Knitting Imitations of Natural Flowers, Invented by a Lady (London: Groombridge and Sons, ca. 1847), by C. E. A. J. (PDF in the UK)
• The art of making wax flowers ... (Boston, P. Mason & Co., [1874]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amendment to code of fair competition for the artificial flower and feather industry as approved on August 14, 1934. (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1934), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amendment to code of fair competition for the artificial flower and feather industry as approved on October 31, 1934. (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1934), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Code of fair competition for the artificial flower and feather industry as approved on September 7, 1933 by President Roosevelt. (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1933), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enquête sur le travail à domicile dans l'industrie de la fleur artificielle / (Paris : Imprimerie nationale, 1913), by France. Office du travail (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les fleurs artificielles et les insectes; nouvelles expériences et observations. ([Bruxelles, Hayez, 1906]), by Felix Plateau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Enquête sur le travail à domicile dans l'industrie de la fleur artificielle. (Paris : [publisher not identified], 1913), by France. Direction du travail (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Ware collection of Blaschka glass models of plants in the botanical museum of Harvard University / (Cambridge, Mass., Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1939), by Harvard University. Botanical Museum. Ware Collection, Rudolph Blaschka, Leopold Blaschka, and Oakes Ames (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'industrie des fleurs artificielles et des fleurs conservées / (Paris : J.P. Baillière, 1900), by H. L. Alphonse Blanchon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to make crepe paper flowers. ([Framingham, Mass.] Dennison manufacturing co., [c1922]), by Dennison Manufacturing co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Herstellung künstlicher Blumen und Pflanzen aus Stoff und Papier ... (Wien, A. Hartleben, 1890), by W. Braunsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Herstellung künstlicher Blumen aus Blech, Wolle, Band, Wachs, Leder, Federn, Chenille, Haaren, Perlen, Fischschuppen, Muscheln, Moos und anderen Stoffen. Praktisches Lehr- und Handbuch für Modistinnen, Blumenarbeiterinnen und Fabrikanten. (Wien, A. Hartleben, 1892), by W. Braunsdorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to make hand made flowers, (New York, Ada J. Smith, [c1922]), by Ada Jones Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand made flowers : how to make them / (New York : produced by L.P. Day ;, 1914), by Evelyn S. Tobey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Millinery materials : materials for spring and summer, materials for fall and winter, all-year fabrics, flowers, grasses, foliage, and fruits, feather ornaments. (Scranton, PA : Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1927), by Woman's Institute Library of Millinery and Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Artificial flower makers, (New York, Survey associates, inc., 1913), by Mary Van Kleeck (page images at HathiTrust)

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