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Men's fashion illustration plates, 1887-1931 (inclusive)

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122 item
Abstract:
This collection of men's fashion illustration plates contains 122 lithograph and chromolithograph plates issued in New York by Jno. J. Mitchell Co., Tailors' Fashion Publishing Co., The New York Herald of Fashion Co., Butterick Publishing Co., and West Publishing Co., between 1887 and 1931. Fashion illustration plates were large-format, detailed illustrations used by tailors in consultation with clients regarding the fine details of made-to-order clothing. Many of the plates also prescribe appropriate social settings for the attire, as well as supply suggestions for accessories.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Emma D. Schall student workbooks for geometric and apparel pattern designs at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen, approximately 1890-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 volume
Abstract:
These two manuscript notebooks are workbooks of geometric drawings and apparel pattern designs created by Emma D. Schall while she was a student at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen in Reutlingen, Germany, in the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]