Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques makes it possible for serious

makes it possible for serious students to gain the requisite skills and bridge the gap between artistic concept and figurative realization

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Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques makes it possible for seriousAt the turn of the century, ladies of privilege could easily afford their own dressmakers, and even middle class housewives occasionally employed competent seamstresses. But many women did their own sewing, often relying on Dressmaking, Up to Date, a how to book published by the Butterick Publishing Company. First published in 1905 and widely considered the first modern American sewing book, this extremely rare volume is published here complete and