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On this page we are sharing with you selected prints and costume books that you may be interested in purchasing. At the bottom of the page are low-resolution scans of some of the historical prints in our personal collection.

Prints For Sale

 

 
In the Garden-Scheweninger Victorian Co
In the Garden-Scheweninger Victorian Co
Schweninger, C.
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We are very pleased to offer the following books for sale on our web site.
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What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century   Ancient European Costume and Fashion   Medieval Costume and Fashion   Medieval Costume in England and France   Tudor Costume and Fashion   Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance: All 154 Color Plates from the 'Trachtenbuch'
The Art of Dress: Clothes & Society 1500 to 1914   Fashion in Detail: From the 17th and 18th Centuries   Costume in Detail 1730-1930   Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction & Pattern 1750 to 1790   The Art of Dress: Fashion in England & France 1750 to 1820   Everyday Dress of Rural America 1783 to 1800   Textiles for Colonial Clothing
18th-Century French Fashion Plates   Dress in France in the 18th Century   Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England 1818 to 1828   French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era 1830 to 1834   Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book   80 Godey's Full-Color Fashion Plates 1838 to 1880
The Way They Wore: Doll Costumes & Accessories, 1850-1935   Who Wore What? Women's Wear 1861 to 1865   Paris Fashions of the 1890s   Full-Colored Victorian Fashions   Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazaar, 1867 to 1898   American Dress Pattern Catalog 1873 to 1909   Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from La Mode Illustree   La Mode Illustree Fashion Plates in Full Color   Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s   Victorian to Vamp: Women's Clothing 1900 to 1929   Men's Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century   The Home Pattern Company 1914 Fashions Catalog
Everyday Fashions 1909 to 1920 as Pictured in Sears Catalog   Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs   Everyday Fasions of the Thirties as Pictured in Sears Catalog   Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears Catalog
The History of Underclothes   Corsets and Crinolines

59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns   Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: Complete Lady's Wardrobe   Turn-Of-The-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques   The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With Instructions and Fashion Plates   The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930   The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes : Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915   Pattern of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction: c.1660-1860   Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction c.1860-1940   Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women: c.1560-1620

Victorian Fashions 1880-1890   The Paris Collection   Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes  
Sewing for 20th Century Dolls   Knitting & Crocheting for Antique Dolls   The Dolls' Dressmaker   A Closetful of Doll Clothes   Two-Hour Dolls' Clothes  
Authentic Shirley Temple Patters   Fabulous Fashion Doll Clothing   Knits for Barbie   Period & Contemporary: Patterns for Fashion Dolls  
Making & Dressing Dolls' House Dolls   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1831-1835   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1871-1875   The Wish Booklet: Fashions 1900   The Wish Booklet: Fashioning Miniatures  
The Essential Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the International Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the Contemporary Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Sew the Storybook Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls   Best Doll Clothes Book  
Hats in Miniature   Creating Heavenly Hats for Discriminating Dolls  Make Doll Shoes!
  
Creating Fabulous Footwear for Fantastic Dolls

 

Patterns of Fashion: 1660-1860 by Janet Arnold (76 pp., 1977).

 

 

The Evolution of Fashion: Pattern and Cut from 1066 to 1930...

by Margot Hamilton Hill, Peter A. Bucknell (240 pp.).

Period Costume for Stage & Screen by Jean Hunnisett

"I have a copy of this book and recommend it for drafting up your own patterns. In fact, it lives beside my bed and lately I've been reading it almost daily!" Aylwen
The Costume Technician's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians by Rosemary Ingham, Liz Covey, Elizabeth Covey (rev. 1995).
Stage Costume Step-By-Step: The Complete Guide to Designing and Making Stage Costumes for All Major Drama Periods and Genres from Classical Through through 20th Century by Mary T. Kidd (1996, hardcover).
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915 by Katherine Strand Holkeboer (350 pp, 1984).
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 by Nancy Bradfield (400 pp.).
The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930 by Norah Waugh
From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking by Denise Dreher (1981).

 

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