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 802
Fig. 48. neatly stitched), so that the body fits the figure well and does notwrinkle at the hips. This pleat of course is not required if the body isshortened and without basques. Different shapes,—Cut longer and larger, the basques can be made to any shape.The different parts can be of different…
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