Hand book of games and pastimes : a manual for parlor and lawn, comprising a choice collection of parlor games, tricks, dialogues, tableaux, ruler for lawn tennis, calls for dancing, palmistry, etc., etc
A parlor-amusement handbook of games, tricks, tableaux, dancing calls and palmistry issued in 1887 by the Chicago Corset Company as advertising matter for household customers. The plates are small wood-engraved corset views in three-quarter profile, built from dense hatching and dotted stitch lines with lace-edged tops, side lacing and boning channels, usable as period garment silhouettes, texture patterns or trade-card style cutouts.
