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The secrets of distinctive dress : harmonious, becoming, and beautiful dress, its value and how to achieve it

Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences · 1918 · Scranton, Pa. : [International Textbook Press] · 7 pictures

A 1918 home-study manual on dress and color harmony by Mary Brooks Picken for the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences in Scranton, Pennsylvania, aimed at women studying sewing and dressmaking by correspondence. The scanned pages are vertical columns of serif type naming color combinations "Medium green, Dark green, Shell pink, Maroon" set on cream paper, useful as ready-made palette lists, typographic texture, and rotated-text layout models.

Clothing and dress · Fashion design

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