Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for outer garments, Book II: dominos, dolmans, coats, pelisses, spencers, callashes, hoods and bonnets, Book 2"A comprehensive guide to creating period dress... As well as being period accurate... patterns have been prepared so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics and sewing methods as well as the period methods, and fit the modern figure... It is abundantly illustrated by drawings and photographs and includes scaled patterns." -- Back cover. |
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18th century Alan Hopkins armhole Art Gallery back seam balance marks band bias binding black velvet bodice body bonnet bottom braid brocade bust buttons calash cape cartridge pleated centre back centre front Corn is Green Costume covered Cut CB Cut to fold dart decoration dolman dolmanette domino dress duster coat embroidered facing fashion plates fastening Figure finished flat flounce frill frog fastenings front and back front edge gathering thread gold gussets hood hooks and loops inside jacket Jean and Pavel Join Katharine Hepburn lace layers length machine mantle Museum and Art Museum of London Muslin Pelisse neck edge outer edges Outer Garments padded Paletot panels passementerie Pattern Sheet Pavel Nowak pink raw edges ribbon right side ruche SCALE shape shoulder seam shows side back silk sleeve end stand collar taffeta toile trimmed wadding waist wearing wide width wool worn Worthing Museum wrist yoke