1920s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Book 107C Millinery Ribbon Part 3

1920s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Book 107C Ribbon Millinery Part 3

Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook 107C Ribbon Trimmings Part 3 1922 Edition by Ora Cne

From hard to find Millinery Course

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 36 pages and is dated 1922 on the front cover. The spine has been repaired, as shown in the pictures