Townsend's monthly selection of Parisian costumes1881 |
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18 buttons Alice Alice Liddell back and front basques body is pointed bouffant bouillonné breasted brocade broché cachemire Chest measure child Cloak cloth coat collar color cuffs DEVERE'S Dinner Dress double-breasted draped overskirt Draped polonaise draperies Dressmakers Duchess edged embroidery fashion flounces folds Full-sized patterns gathered gilet girl of 12 Grands Magazins Harry Guest heart hood Hunde Elegant inches John Somerset JUVENILE COSTUMES Kelso Place Kensington letter little girl London Louis Devere material Miss moiré Morning Mourning Costume neck Paletot paniers PARIS MODEL PATTERNS passementerie Pelisse Pinafore plastron Plate pleated plissé plush Pointed corsage pointed in front Polonaise Princesse post free Price 6d Promenade Costume Promenade Toilette Quantities required Redingote revers Reverse Views ribbon round Salome sash satin seam single-breasted sleeves Solland stamps style Tea Gown tight-fitting train Travelling Costume tunique Ulster underskirt upper skirt velvet Visite Mantle Visiting Costume waist worn young lady
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Page 13 - ... garments, It is mounted on a handsome stand. and, by means of the screw shown on the engraving, can be raised or lowered in height according to requirement. Another great advantage is the facility with which it turns round on the pivot, thus enabling the worker to fit or trim the back or front of a dress without moving from his position.
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Page 13 - ... 41, 42} and 44 inches, and to deliver them, carefully packed in a crate, and carriage free within 3 miles of Charing Cross, or at any London Railway terminus, on receipt of P.