Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 793
placing into theband. It is sometimes necessary that dresses and skirts should besloped in front in order to fit the figure comfortably. 1 his is done bycutting to a greater or less depth in the centre of the front width,turning it m until it suits the figure. 1317. GATHERED SKIRT.—Fig. 30.—This… … Home Needlework. 741 Having obtained the size of the waist, and drawn up the dress or skirt ac-cordingly, a band is made of the required size. If for a dress or skirt it is as wellto make a band of a strip of the material, and to line it; if for a white petticoat, apiece of folded calico is all…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
