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Vintage Brass Millinery Flower Making Tool Set (Hobbies / Craft Tools)
SKU: 8650-11750860
$100.00
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Vintage Brass Millinery Flower Making Tool Set (Hobbies / Craft Tools)
Pre-owned in good condition
A vintage set of brass millinery flower-making tools is a highly collectible and functional kit used by hatmakers, costumers, and textile artists to craft realistic fabric, silk, or leather flowers. These tools are essential for the traditional art of French flower making. Because they are made of solid brass, they are exceptionally durable and hold heat evenly, allowing artists to permanently emboss and curve fabrics pre-treated with stiffening sizing.
Typical Components of a Set
Vintage sets generally feature interchangeable brass heads that either fit into an electric heating element (like a modified soldering iron) or were traditionally heated over an open flame or stove. A standard set usually includes: [1, 2]
- Ball Tools: Various sizes of brass spheres used to cup and curve petals on a soft foam pad.
- Knife and Curling Tools: Used for scoring leaf veins, creating sharp folds, or curling petal edges.
- Chrysanthemum Tools / Spoon Tools: Multiple-grooved or rounded heads designed to make parallel ridges or deep hollows.
- Veiners and Press Moulds: Detailed cast pieces (often shaped like real leaves or hydrangea petals) to stamp realistic botanical textures.
Condition
Used: good
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