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Ben Yƻsuf, Anna / The art of millinery: a complete series of practical lessons for the artiste and the amateur
(1909)

Lesson VIII: Mourning millinery,   pp. 114-139 PDF (4.3 MB)


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TInE ART OF MILLINERY 
grain, be it bias or straight, must run the same way 
on the chapeau, and ribbons must match. Crepe de 
chine and chiffon are used in combination with both 
crape and silk; and mousseline de soie and crepe-lisse 
are used for tucked and shirred underbrims, also in 
summer chapeaux in folds and shirrings for entire hats. 
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             FOLDED EDGE 
FIG. 8-PREPARING IHEM OF CRAPE VEIL 
Brussels net is used mostly for veils, but plain covered 
(wire) frames, with fine crape folds slipstitched on 
the net in several circles, make becoming hats. Dull 
white silk on white silk Brussels net is also correct, 
and very handsome. 
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