Portfolio Category: Museum Artifacts

Ornate folding fan made from ivory and satin, used by a lady who had no air conditioning. Click on photograph to see more detail. Tiny silver sequins in different shapes are hand sewn on the fabric.

Cartoon dog and cat busy sewing with needles made in Germany. Needle books full of different size needles were an important part of every household when sewing by individuals was more common.

Student Art By Phyllis Peirce from the 1935 La Palma yearbook of Citrus Union High School.