Singer Home Decoration Guide

Condition: Very Good. Stapled booklet in illustrated paper wrappers. Publication code: NA 240. Covers rubbed, with corner creasing, small edge tears, and a small chip at the upper spine corner. Binding intact; interior clean and unmarked. Numerous black-and-white instructional drawings and diagrams, measurement and yardage tables, and a color center section with a color wheel and decorating charts reproduced from House Beautiful. Color cover illustration credited to Mademoiselle magazine; Singer advertising inside and on rear cover. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale. 1940s home-decorating and sewing guide to coordinated interiors, with period designs for curtains, draperies, slipcovered furniture, and bedspreads. Traditional room schemes combine patterned fabrics, floral chintz, tailored covers, ruffled skirts, swag valances, and decorative trimmings. Instructions cover window proportions, fabric selection, pleating, muslin patterns, fitting, and finishing, alongside smaller projects for dressing tables, closets, and car seat covers. Interior color advice considers daylight from different compass directions, warm and cool hues, and combinations for walls, floors, upholstery, draperies, and accents. The House Beautiful material supplies specific palettes and illustrated fabric combinations. Singer Sewing Center promotions describe home dressmaking and decorating courses, sewing services, notions, and accessories. A period record of American domestic arts, textile styling, and the retail culture surrounding home sewing. …