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Title: Godey's lady's book
Year: 1840 (1840s)
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Subjects: Women American literature Costume Arts
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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WORK DEPARTMENT. 179 A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR THE NURSERY DEPARTMENT. Fig. 1.—Frock for a little girl between oneand two years of age. The frock is made ofwhite nansouk, and ornamented in front witha tablier formed of alternate rows of bouillonniand needle-work insertion. The front of the Fie. 1. round of lace there is a, frond of Brussels tulip.The border of the cap consists of three rows ofValenciennes, set on quillings, and intermingledwith rosettes of white satin ribbon. Fig. 3.—Infants shirt. Material, fine cam-bric. The trimming consists of narrow frills ofthe same simply hemmed. The upper parthas flaps which turn over, back and front.
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corsage is in corresponding style. A narrowfestooned frill edges the tablier in its wholeextent. It passes over the shoulders in themanner of bretelles, terminating in a point atthe back of the waist. The skirt is edged withthree narrow tucks, above a hem of about aninch broad. The short sleeves are composedof a puff and a frill of festooned needlework.Sash of pink sarsnet ribbon, tied on one side ofthe waist. Fig. 2.

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