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1950
GUSN-169891
The term "sewing-bird" has become generic, used to describe anything that clamps to a table and shows some relation to sewing. Author Manton Copeland is bewildered by the fact that sewing clamps decorated with dogs, butterflies, and cupids are all called "sewing-birds," and sets out to classify them properly.
Article ID 340
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1950.040.140.001
The term "sewing-bird" has become generic, used to describe anything that clamps to a table and shows some relation to sewing. Author Manton Copeland is bewildered by the fact that sewing clamps decorated with dogs, butterflies, and cupids are all called "sewing-birds," and sets out to classify them properly.
Volume 40, Number 140 (Spring 1950)
Manton Copeland (Author)
(1950). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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