Clothing for women: selection, design, construction; a practical manual for school and home
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Baldt, Laura Irene
Clothing for women: selection, design, construction; a practical manual for school and home
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1918]
454 p.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HumanEcol.MBBaldtClothing
Contents
[Cover] Lippincott's Home Manuals. Clothing for women
[Half-title] Lippincott's Home Manuals. Clothing for women. Selection, design and construction, pp. [i] ff.
[Frontispiece] Rythmic beauty of line in the costume illustrated in this old Japanese print, Toyokuni p. [ii]
[Title page] Clothing for women. Selection, design, construction, pp. [iii]-[iv]
Preface, pp. v-vi
Contents, pp. [vii] ff.
[Contents] Illustrations, pp. ix-xiv
Part I: Selection of clothing, pp. [1] ff.
Chapter I: Clothing budgets and buying, pp. 3-15
Chapter II: Fabrics--facts for consumers, pp. 16-52
Part II: Clothing design. Color. Pattern making. Use of patterns. Simple problems in clothing design, pp. [53]-[54]
Chapter III: Principles of clothing design, pp. 55-68
Chapter IV: Color, pp. 69-84 ff.
Chapter V: Pattern making, pp. 85-106
Chapter VI: Pattern making: mannish shirt and middy blouse, pp. 107-115
Chapter VII: Pattern making: skirts and undergarments, pp. 116-135
Chapter VIII: Simple problems in clothing design, pp. 136-181
Chapter IX: Commercial patterns: Purchase and use, pp. 182-190
Part III: Construction of clothing, pp. [191] ff.
Chapter X: Equipment and tools, processes involved in the construction of garments, pp. 193-206
Chapter XI: Constructive processes: stitches, pp. 207-226
Chapter XII: Constructive processes: cutting, basting, seams, finishes, pp. 227-263
Chapter XIII: Construction of undergarments: corset covers and petticoats, pp. 264-281
Chapter XIV: Construction of undergarments: drawers; night-dresses, pp. 282-297
Chapter XV: Construction of outer-garments: middy blouse; mannish shirt, pp. 298-311
Chapter XVI: Construction of outer-garments: tailored waist, pp. 312-328
Chapter XVII: Outer-garments: tailored skirts, pp. 329-346
Chapter XVIII: Outer-garments: lingerie blouse and dress, pp. 347-356
Chapter XIX: Outer-garments of woolen material, pp. 357-375
Chapter XX: Outer-garments: silk dress, blouse, guimpe, pp. 376-382
Chapter XXI: Outer-garments: foundation skirts, waist linings, pp. 383-390
Chapter XXII: Decoration--self-trimmings, pp. 391-405
Chapter XXIII: Decoration: embroidery, pp. 406-425
Chapter XXIV: To teachers, pp. 426-440
Index, pp. 441-454 ff.
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