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The History of Fashion Through The Decades - GLAM OBSERVER
Let’s delve into the fascinating history of fashion through the decades and explore the history from the 1900s until the present day.
Mannequin in Miniature: Building the Official Burnley & Trowbridge Body for Online Workshops
Join Christina Johnson for our mini-workshop where students will build the malleable bust for the B & T approved mini mannequin, a collaboration with Ruth Watkin Costumes. The B & T approved mannequin will be the base for many of our future online workshops. Pointers and recommendations will also be given for the construction of the mannequin body. You may choose to assemble by hand or by machine, but hand finishing will be required. Using our workshop methods, this mannequin will serve as an excellent base for historical foundation garments of all eras. In this workshop participants will: Be given a list of additional materials needed for the bust area of the mannequin. Go through a step-by-step process to build and attach the malleable bust which will allow you to stay or corset the mannequin to the proper silhouette. Receive instruction on modifications to
Goudy Oldstyle in use
Commissioned by ATF and drawn in 1914 [1923 specimen] and first shown in 1916 [Inland Printer, May 1916]. Also known as Goudy Old Style [Goudy] [Frazier].
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2022, trancityxvaliz ondersteund door BPD Cultuurfonds, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie | paperback | 265 blz. | 23 x 17 cm (h x b) | Nederlands | ISBN 978-94-93246-06-5
"Of the Best Sort but Plain": Quaker Quilts from the Delaware Valley 1760-1890
Catalogue from the exhibition of January to March 1997. With an extensive essay, accompanied by the illustrated works from the catalogue of 23 quilts on view. Includes quilts of various patterns: Courthouse Steps; Barnraising; Star of Bethlehem/Lone Star; Star of Lemoyne; Sunburst/Rising Sun; etc.
19th century | Fashion History Timeline
For a brief overview, see the V&A's "Introduction to 19th-Century Fashion" and "History of Fashion, 1840-1900."
Vintage Art House Movie Posters by Peter Strausfeld
The excellent Poster House museum in NYC currently has an exhibition up of posters by Peter Strausfeld. Between 1947 and 1980, Peter Strausfeld, a German
32 Years of New York Times Website Design History - 23 Images - Version Museum
A comprehensive visual history of New York Times from 1994 to 2026. See a gallery of the New York Times evolution from the beginning to present day.
Variations on ‘Plainness’: Quaker Dress in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia
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Silks and simplicity : a study of Quaker dress as depicted in portraits, 1718-1855 / Leanna Lee-Whitman | Smithsonian Institution
A collection of 1800s home designs with floor plans from one of my home library reference books, published in the mid 1880s.
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