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Student's Yarn Fashion Sample Book.
Portland, OR: [nd, circa 1950]. Unique. Hardcover. A vibrant and unusual fashion sample book compiled by a student of Dorothy and Curtis Payton, owners of the Terrace Yarn Shop of Portland, Oregon. Dorothy (1908-1998) and Curtis Payton (1906-1983) opened their yarn shop in their home in southwest Portland at the end of the Second World War. They stocked thousands of yarns and other fabrics, as well as fabric designs and looms. Curtis was a high school and community college instructor, and Dorothy developed a loom that could fit into small spaces in apartments and schools and was marketed under the name of the Payton Loom Company. The couple also later operated as the Aloha Yarn Shop. This album very creatively uses colourful yarn backings to refashion magazine cut-outs, featuring nine fashion plates for dresses, jackets, and coats, and four interiors, including a bedspread, child’s bedroom, living room, and dining room. Very Good. Minor shelf/edge wear, acetate slightly browned and brittle, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Ring binder covered in cloth of multicoloured yarn. 13 collage/cut-out leaves incorporating yarn backgrounds, housed in individual acetate sleeves. 4to. np. Illus. (color prints). Item #11216
Price: $950.00