Godey's lady's book 1864 Jan -June; Jul - Dec
Godey's Lady's Book for 1864, the Philadelphia monthly edited by Sarah Josepha Hale and published by Louis A. Godey for American middle-class women, mixing fiction, needlework instruction and fashion reporting. The wood engravings show cloaks, bodices and hooped skirts drawn from the back and side, with fringed and tasselled trim, scalloped hems and close hatching that records fabric weight; useful for period garment silhouettes, passementerie and border motifs.
