The Workwoman's Guide: Containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in Cutting Out and Completing Those Articles of Wearing Apparel, &c. which are Ususally Made at Home : Also, Explanations on Upholstery, Straw-platting, Bonnet-making, Knitting, &c |
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| Title | The Workwoman's Guide: Containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in Cutting Out and Completing Those Articles of Wearing Apparel, &c. which are Ususally Made at Home : Also, Explanations on Upholstery, Straw-platting, Bonnet-making, Knitting, &c |
| Author | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale |
| Publisher | Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1838 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | Jul 25, 2014 |
| Length | 303 pages |
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