The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume: combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety
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The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume: combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety
Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1811
[xiii], [1], [11]-17, [1], [9]-241, [7] p., [3] leaves of plates (col.) : 18 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.MirrorGraces
Contents
[Frontispiece] Plate 3. Evening dresses, p. Plate 3
[Title page] The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume, pp. [i]-[ii]
Preface, pp. [iii]-[viii]
Contents, pp. [ix]-xxiii [xiii] ff.
Description of the plates, pp. [11]-17 ff.
Preliminary observations on the subject, pp. [9]-19
General remarks on the manners and fashions of the past and present times, pp. 20-25
On the female form, pp. 26-41
The same subject, of female beauty, more explicity [sic] considered, pp. 42-58 ff.
Plate 1. Morning or domestic dresses, p. Plate 1
General thoughts on dress and personal decoration, pp. 59-84
On the peculiarities of dress, with reference to the station of the wearer, pp. 85-105
On the detail of dress, p. 106
Plate 2. Carriage or Promenade dresses, pp. Plate 2 ff.
[On the detail of dress cont'd], pp. 107-124
Plate 4. Opera or full dresses, pp. Plate 4 ff.
[On the detail of dress cont'd], pp. 125-137
On deportment, pp. 138-153
Peculiarities in carriage and demeanour, pp. 154-173
On the management of the person in dancing, and in the exercise of other female accomplishments, pp. 174-202
Continuation of the same subject, pp. 203-211
Conclusion, pp. 212-216
Recipes, useful and ornamental, pp. [217]-234
Notes explanatory, pp. 235-241 ff.
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