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 807
simple shape toany style. One or two pleats can be placed in front to show the waist, or the fronts may becut after the fashion of the Princess dress—i.e., that in which each front is in threepieces. If the seam of the second piece be carried to the shoulder, any kind oftrimming can be placed on it… … Fig. 54- Fig- 55- to go in at the waist. In order to do this the material must be slightly sloped atthe centre of the back and under the arms. This class of jacket is somethingbetween a perfectly-fitting and quite a loose jacket. The back being cut in two pieces does not prevent the side pieces…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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