Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers

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GENERAL PREFACE TO THE SERIES

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF DESCRIPTIVE LINES TO THE PLATES

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I PREHISTORIC DRESS. FEMALE.

CHAPTER II THE DEVELOPMENT OF COSTUME TO THE TENTH CENTURY. FEMALE.

CHAPTER III TENTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. FEMALE.

CHAPTER IV FIFTEENTH CENTURY. FEMALE.

CHAPTER V SIXTEENTH CENTURY. CHARACTER OF TRIMMINGS.

CHAPTER VI THE CHARACTER OF TRIMMINGS THROUGH THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. JAMES I.

CHAPTER VII THE CHARACTER OF DECORATION AND TRIMMINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

CHAPTER VIII CHARACTER OF TRIMMINGS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

PATTERNS OF VARIOUS REIGNS FROM ANTIQUE COSTUME

PATTERNS TO SCALE

DETAILED LIST OF SCALED PATTERNS

INDEX

Title: Dress design

An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers

Author: Talbot Hughes

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THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS
EDITED BY W. R. LETHABY

DRESS DESIGN

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A Long-trained Muslin Dress. About 1800.

DRESS DESIGN

AN ACCOUNT OF COSTUME FOR ARTISTS & DRESSMAKERS BY TALBOT HUGHES · ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR FROM OLD EXAMPLES · TOGETHER WITH 35 PAGES OF HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS

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