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It's easy to add a sense of style to any project with fashionable images of outerwear from medieval times, early 20th-century Parisian styles, western gear, and more.
Recommendations... |  |  1920s Fashions from B. Altman & Company
by Altman & Co.
Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, detailed descriptions, and prices for a vast array of upscale women's clothing and accessories — dresses, bathing suits, cloche hats, shoes, much more. Attire for men and children, too.
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 Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian Costume
by Mary G. Houston
Over 250 illustrations, drawn in the artistic style of the period, depict apparel worn by Egyptian royalty, manual workers, and military, as well as by ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Flat patterns show cut of the garments.
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| |  Bloomingdale's Illustrated 1886 Catalog
by Bloomingdale Brothers
Famed merchants' extremely rare catalog depicting about 1,700 products: clothing, housewares, firearms, dry goods, jewelry, more. Invaluable for dating, identifying vintage items. Also, royalty-free graphics for artists, designers. Co-published with Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.
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Products in Fashion, Costume | | | | 1920s Fashions from B. Altman & Company
by Altman & Co.
Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, detailed descriptions, and prices for a vast array of upscale women's clothing and accessories — dresses, bathing suits, cloche hats, shoes, much more. Attire for men and children, too.
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| |  | 80 Godey's Full-Color Fashion Plates: 1838-1880
by JoAnne Olian
Superb, meticulously reproduced illustrations from rare source provide authentic views of Victorian dresses, gowns, coats, accessories. A must for costume designers, cultural historians, fashion enthusiasts. Introduction. Captions.
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|  | American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
Over 280 rare photographs document "Sunday best" clothing from the 1840s to the 1890s. Bustles, pantalets, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles.
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| | Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian Costume
by Mary G. Houston
Over 250 illustrations, drawn in the artistic style of the period, depict apparel worn by Egyptian royalty, manual workers, and military, as well as by ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Flat patterns show cut of the garments.
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|  | Ancient European Costume and Fashion
by Herbert Norris
Clothing styles from prehistory to A.D. 1066 displayed in over 160 illustrations. Draped robes of classical Greece, the apparel of a 10th-century Byzantine emperor, garments of peasants, as well as footwear, hairstyles, jewelry, more.
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| |  | Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
by Kristina Harris
Vintage guide offered turn-of-the-century seamstresses clear instructions for altering patterns and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding gowns, coats, maternity wear, children's clothing, and other apparel.
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| | Bloomingdale's Illustrated 1886 Catalog
by Bloomingdale Brothers
Famed merchants' extremely rare catalog depicting about 1,700 products: clothing, housewares, firearms, dry goods, jewelry, more. Invaluable for dating, identifying vintage items. Also, royalty-free graphics for artists, designers. Co-published with Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.
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|  | British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820
by Mrs. Charles H. Ashdown
Hard-to-find classic provides detailed, authentic coverage of British clothing (civil, royal, and ecclesiastic) from early Saxon era (ca. A.D. 460) to reign of King George III (1820).
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by Thomas Hope
Carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, these early-19th-century classic line renderings combine unusual clarity of style with unquestioned authenticity. Over 700 illustrations depict all classes and occupations.
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| |  | European Civil and Military Clothing
by Sir Frederic Stibbert
Peerless archive of historical fashions features nearly 1,000 individual figures and accessories: priestesses and warriors of ancient Britain; elaborately coiffed ladies from the court of Versailles; knights in full regalia from many eras and countries.
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