Townsend's monthly selection of Parisian costumes1879 |
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12 buttons 34 inches Alice Arthur Vincent band basques blue body Bonnet bouffant bouillonné bows brocade Casaque Chemise Chest measure Colemarsh collar color Corsage a gilet cut for Chest DEVERE'S PARIS MODEL Dinner Dress double-breasted draped tunique draperies Drawers Dressmakers edged elegant Fashion fastened flounce fringe front Full-sized patterns Garland George Garland Gilbert Armstrong girl of 14 Gown heart hood Kelso Place lace letter little girl London looped LOUIS DEVERE Magazine material Milicent Miss Model Bust Monde Elégant mother outdoor Jacket Paletot panier PARIS MODEL PATTERNS PARISIAN passementerie Pelisse Petticoat plastron Plate pleats plissé Pointed corsage Polonaise post free Promenade Costume Quantities required Redingote revers REVERSE VIEWS ribbon Robe Princesse round Ruby satin seam side silk single-breasted sleeve Smoking Cap style tablier Tea Gown Toilette trimmed tunique Ulster UNDERLINEN underskirt upper skirt velvet Visite Mantle Visiting Costume waist Walter Walter Keller young lady
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