Dress design

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

A Long-trained Muslin Dress. About 1800.
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
LONDON SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD. Bath, Melbourne, Toronto, and New York
Reprinted 1920