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Old 12-15-2012, 05:12 PM
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Default Collection of "Silks" sewn together
I just picked up this collection of "Silks" that were sewn together. I'm curious how common such sewing projects were. Does anybody else have photos to share? I was thrilled to acquire it from a seller at Mark McRae's recent show in San Leandro (Thanks Alan!). It looks like someone spent a lot of time putting this together ...

There are 15 baseball players (s74s), and the rest are actresses (s72-1s I believe). Curiously, a number of the silks depict the same actress, Elsie Ferguson, whom I had never heard of. I Googled her up, and she's routinely described as "the most beautiful woman to ever appear on screen" Sadly, all her silent films are lost today ...
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File Type: jpg 11s72breshanan.jpg (62.4 KB, 185 views)
File Type: jpg 11s72cicotte.jpg (63.8 KB, 184 views)
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File Type: jpg 11s74cyoung2.jpg (64.2 KB, 184 views)
File Type: jpg 11s72elsieferguson2.jpg (61.2 KB, 184 views)
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