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 795
hiddenunderneath a pleat. Without this precaution plain dresses look very bad, as they are liable to wrinkleat the sides of the waist. The folds of the waistband on the hips will of coursecorrespond to the width of the side gores. 1319. PLAIN SKIRTS. Fig. 34._These are placed in the… … to be of the same width as a fold in the waistband. It is to beobserved that the two side widths falling over the hips ought to berather wider at the top than the back ones are. Varieties of plain skirts. Often dresses are plain in front and also at the sidesIn this case only the widths are…
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