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100	1		_aAnonymous
245	1	4	_aThe ladies' hand-book of millinery and dressmaking
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-21
508			_aCharlene Taylor, toy9683 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_aThe ladies' hand-book of millinery and dressmaking by Anonymous is a practical handbook written in the mid-19th century (Victorian era). It provides plain, economical guidance for home millinery and dressmaking, aiming to help women achieve neat, respectable attire through careful, self-reliant sewing. The book opens with an appeal to thrift and respectability, then gives step-by-step millinery instructions: selecting materials and colors; constructing drawn and silk bonnets (including children’s and mourning styles) with runners, canes, and wiring; and making a wide range of caps—night, day, dress, bonnet, helmet, widow’s—as well as capottes, lappets, collars, capes, and turbans, with notes on trimming and fit. The dressmaking section teaches fundamentals for skirts, sleeves, and bodices: drafting paper patterns, cutting on grain, lining, seaming, hemming, cording, and finishing; rules to avoid puckering and secure openings; and techniques for flounces, piping, plaits, and tucks. It includes practical guidance for children’s frocks and a suite of outer garments—mantelets, silk cloaks with shoulder pieces and collars, capes, carriage and garden cloaks, and a boy’s cloak—often with concise measurements and assembly order. A concluding essay praises the needle as a source of utility and dignity, linking neat dress with moral and intellectual improvement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: J. S. Redfield, 1843
653			_aClothing and dress -- Patterns
653			_aMillinery -- Patterns
653			_aNeedlework -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
653			_aSewing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_bourke_ladies_handbook_TT520L341844-20227
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78002
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