Godey's lady's book 1861 Jan -June; Jul - Dec
Godey's Lady's Book was a monthly American women's magazine edited by Sarah Josepha Hale and published by Louis A. Godey in Philadelphia; these are the bound 1861 volumes, aimed at middle-class female readers. The wood engravings isolate garments and accessories against blank ground — cloaks, capes, ruffled bertha collars, sashes, embroidered skirts — with dense hatching that suits cutouts, pattern motifs and period silhouettes.
