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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 639

An illustration from Godey's lady's book, 1840, leaf 639
Fig. 4.—Fall habit shirt, to be worn with thevestes Algerien. The shirt is of clear muslin, 62 godeys ladys book and magazine. or cambric; the collar, which is a particularlygood and fashionable shape, of linen lawn, orfine cambric, with a spray embroidered in eachcorner, and an edge of… … Fig. 6. Fig. 5.—Different style of collar and habitshirt; the collar is of lace ; rosette of narrowvelvet ribbon, a dark blue. Fig. 6.—Style of undersleeve for the opendress sleeves now so fashionable. The trim-ming is on the forearm, and consists of a puffcrossed by a narrow inserting, through…

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