After seven years of work, our new title The Lady's Stratagem: A
Repository of 1820s Instructions for the Toilet, Mantua-Making,
Stay-Making, Millinery & Etiquette is now available. Topics which may be
of particular interest to this list include an entire manual on
stay-making and a substantial chapter from a different source, both
translated from French for the first time; likewise for mantua-making;
unusually early instructions for knitting a variety of garments and
accessories in addition to stockings; a large chapter of millinery
instructions, including 52 trimmings; 25 embroidery patterns; and
substantial information on the toilet, wardrobe planning, clothing care
and storage, and laundry.
The book specs are:
The Lady's Stratagem: A Repository of 1820s Directions for the Toilet,
Mantua-Making, Stay-Making, Millinery & Etiquette
Edited, translated, and with additional material by Frances Grimble
8 1/2" x 11" quality paperback
755 pages
98 line drawings, 36 halftones
Glossary, bibliography, and index
ISBN: 978-0-9636517-7-8
LCCN: 2008920010
More information, a color image of the cover, and a PDF of the table of
contents are available on our website, http://www.lavoltapress.com.
Frances Grimble
Lavolta Press
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