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Art in dress

Bolmar, Lydia, McNutt, Kathleen, joint author · 1916 · Peoria, Ill., The Manual Arts Press · 44 pictures

A 1916 instructional manual on dress and interior decoration by Lydia Bolmar and Kathleen McNutt, issued by the Manual Arts Press in Peoria, Illinois for teachers and students of home economics and design. The numbered figures are spare pen-and-ink line drawings of women's garments, collars, necklines and hairstyles, drawn flat and without shading, giving designers clean contour outlines, drapery folds reduced to single strokes, and repeating front-and-back garment diagrams.

Clothing and dress · Interior decoration

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0