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Emery, Joy Spanabel. "Development of the American Commercial Pattern Industry: The First Generation, 1850-1880" in Costume (No. 31, 1997) The Journal of the Costume Society, London.
Franklin, Linda Campbell. 300 Years of Housekeeping Collectibles (1992) Books Americana, Florence, AL; includes sewing/mending tools, auto knitter, & laundering tools.
Gengelbach, Darlene J. Encyclopedia of Children's Sewing Collectibles (2007) Collector Books, Paducah, KY; mostly sewing, but also knitting, crochet, weaving, books & patterns.
Hughes, Lori. A Century of American Sewing Patterns 1860-1957 (1995, 1998) C&B Press, Concord, CA.
Hurt, Zuelia Ann. "Craft Tools -- Then & Now" -sewing patterns Decorating & Craft Ideas (Oct. 1980).
Kidwell, Claudia B. Cutting a Fashionable Fit number #2 (1979) Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, DC; dress-making machines/systems.
Labossionniere, Wade. Bluprints of Fashion Home Sewing Patterns of the 1940s (1997) Schiffer, Atglen, PA.
Labossionniere, Wade. Bluprints of Fashion Home Sewing Patterns of the 1950s (1999) Schiffer, Atglen, PA.
Proeller, Marie. "Textiles Take Off" Country Living (Aug 2002) includes textiles & paper patterns.
Seligman, Kevin L.Cutting for All! The Sartorial Arts, Related Crafts, & the Commercial Paper Pattern (1996) The Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale & Edwardsville, IL; includes a history of paper patterns and an extensive bibliography.