Published anonymously by ‘a Lady’ and aimed at clergymen’s wives, young married women, schoolmistresses and ladies’ maids, this guide explains how to buy cloth, stock a work-box and cut out every garment a family needed. Baby linen, shifts, shirts, boys’ fronts, bonnets, caps and house linen are given in exact measurements with numbered plates and figures.
An invaluable source for historical costume makers, sewers and anyone curious about domestic life in the 1830s. Download the free EPUB.