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Incroyable.jpg
Fashion plate from the book, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887. This book gives advice on what to wear to fancy dress balls or masquerade balls and includes many illustrations.

The "Incroyable" was a costume to represent the French…

Juliet.jpg
Fashion plate from the book, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887. This book gives advice on what to wear to fancy dress balls or masquerade balls and includes many illustrations.

Juliet, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

OakSlipperInstr1857.jpg
Color pattern diagram and instructions for an oakleaf needle work slipper design and instructions from the 1857 Godey's Ladies Book hardbound edition.

RedAndGreenSlipper1857.jpg
Color needlework diagram for a red and green gentleman's slipper from the Godey's Ladies Book, 1857.

1857HeartSlipper.jpg
Color diagram of Heart Slipper needlework pattern from the Godey's Ladies Book, 1857

image001.jpg
Hand-colored plate from the March 1887 issue of Peterson's Magazine. This plate folds out from the bound copy of Petersons, so it shows fold creases.

PetersonJul1865.jpg
Illustration for a woven afghan for a baby carriage. Hand colored in red, white and black.

PetersonMagAug1870.jpg
Braid designs for pique dresses in black, white or colored braid. Color plate in blue.

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Color fashion plate from an issue of the 1887 Peterson's Magazine. Second of five plates.
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