| Reconstruction Era Fashions: 350 Sewing, Needlework, & Millinery Patterns 1867-1868 |  | Creator: Frances Grimble
Publisher: Lavolta Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 493755
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 529
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0963651749
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.478
EAN: 9780963651747
ASIN: 0963651749
Publication Date: September 2001
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 Good value! June 14, 2008
This book had authentic, accurate costume information with nice commentary from the author at the beginning. Also had helpful reference information to help understand and use the patterns. I felt I was a lady of the 1800's reading the magazine for the first time.
Hugely useful book July 17, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this book about a year ago and use it at least one a week for reference as well as to make items even though my re-enactment period here in uk is 1879 (british campaign against Zulu nation).
This is a must have book for EVERYONE! And for those here in uk it is worth the wait.
A super deal October 20, 2002
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is a super bargain compared to original _Harper's Bazar_ magazines with pattern sheets. It's easier to use too--all the patterns have been disentangled and presented separately. Patterns are included for just about every woman's garment or accessory you'd ever want to make. The articles on sewing techniques are different from other 1860s ones I've seen reprinted, and better illustrated.
Worth buying even if you don't sew February 28, 2002
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I do a little historic sewing (not a lot) but this is an amazingly beautiful book to look at. It has pictures of everything--clothes and hats and trims and sewing techniques and, well, just everything. The engravings are stunning and the production is superb. If you're at all interested in Victorian fashions, this book is worth having.
Good for the war years as well as the Reconstruction December 6, 2001
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
I am a Civil War re-enactor (female) who bought Reconstruction Era Fashions because I don't believe in restricting my research to just the war years. However, I was happy to discover it also contains material useful for my Civil War impression. There is a substantial section of instructions for dressmaking and pattern alterations that is suitable for the Civil War and, judging from the (many) illustrations, was reprinted in the late 1860s from an earlier 1860s source. There are large sections with other appropriate instructions for fancy buttonholes and buttons, netting, and crocheted tatting. The patterns and instructions for corsets, underclothes, and many accessories and trimmings are also fine for the CW. Although the bonnet styles are different from the war years the section on millinery techniques is very illuminating. The book is profusely illustrated--techniques are illustrated as well as the finished garments--and the production is very high quality.
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