2006.5.80

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Central Trade School - Dressmaking and Home Sewing
c. 1940-41
8. in HIGH x 10. in WIDE
(20.32 cm HIGH x 25.40 cm WIDE)
Gift of the White Elephant Sale
2006.5.80

The placing of material on the frame work to press in puffings





Photographic print (black and white, glossy) of two women (dressed in street clothes) working on either side of a "puffing frame."

Fabric is placed on the frame and the submitted to heat (to set the puffs). The frames are removed and the puffs remain. Such fabric treatment could be used in the construction of liners and pillows for caskets; see 2006.5.81 and 2006.5.82.

Used: Oakland Public Schools, Teachers Professional Library

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