Fashionable White-Embroidered Accessories c1840 to 1900 wool sleeves and garters

sleeves and garters

lace-trimmed ramie

these gowns are designed to be worn and fitted over other garments

hats and headdresses - even undergarments

Fashionable White-Embroidered Accessories c1840 to 1900 wool sleeves and gartersHeather Toomer 192 pages Over 30 patterns Over 350 illustrations in colour and black and white Paperback 8 in x 8 in (21cm x 21cm) This sequel to Heather Toomer's works on 18th and early 19th century lace fashions continues the story of whiteworked costume accessories to the end of the 19th century. Throughout this period white fabrics provided a finishing touch to women's necklines and wrists and, as textile prices fell with industrialisation, were