Clothing for women : selection, design, construction

Name/Title

Clothing for women : selection, design, construction

Entry/Object ID

sc.TT515.B25

Collection

Glee Krueger Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

clothing and dress--women, couture, dressmaking

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Parts

2 copies

Book Details

Author

Laura I. Baldt

Publisher

J. B. Lippincott

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

Date Published

1917

Call No.

sc.TT515.B25

Notes

Length: 454

Location

Shelf

Special Collections

Room

Library

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Ch. I. Clothing budgets and buying -- Ch. II. Fabrics: facts for consumers -- Ch. III. Principles of clothing design -- Ch. IV. Color -- Ch. V. Patern making -- Ch. VI. Pattern making: mannish shirt and middy blouse -- Ch. VII. Pattern making: skirts and undergarments -- Ch. VIII. Simple problems in clothing design -- Ch. IX. Commercial patterns: purchase and use -- Ch. X. Tools and equipment, processes involved in the construction of garments -- Ch. XI. Constructive processes: stitches -- Ch. XII. Constructive processes: cutting, basting, seams, finishes -- Ch. XIII. Construction of undergarments: corset covers and petticoats -- Ch. XIV. Construction of undergarments: drawers, night-dreses -- Ch. XV. Construction of outer-garments: middy blouse; mannish shirt -- Ch. XVI. Construction of outer-garments: tailored waist -- Ch. XVII. Outer-garments: tailored skirts -- Ch. XVIII. Outer-garments: lingerie blouse and dress -- Ch. XIX. Outer-garments of woolen material -- Ch. XX. Outer-garments: silk dress, blouse, guimpe -- Ch. XXI. Outer-garments: foundation skirts, waist linings -- Ch. XXII. Decoration: self-trimmings -- Ch. XXIII. Decoration: embroidery -- Ch. XXIV. To teachers and home women.

Note

Contains miniature pattern pieces.