The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 173
oth, while the Dressing Frame.—A frame shaped like the trunk ofa human body to the waist, and thence extending outwardslike the skirt of a dress. It is made of steel wires, andupon it dresses and skirts are placed for the purpose ofdraping, and otherwise arranging the costume in making it.…
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