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Historic American Costumes and How to Make Them

By: Mary Evans, Elizabeth Brooks (Illustrator)

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Published: 18th November 2010
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This easy-to-use handbook presents step-by-step instructions and patterns for a tremendous variety of clothes and accessories from colonial times through the Civil War. More than 80 illustrations depict Puritan, Dutch, Quaker, and Native American garb as well as military uniforms. A bonus CD features every pattern in vector-based files.

Prefacep. v
Costumes of the American Indians
Indians of the Eastern Woodlandsp. 3
Indians of the Plainsp. 23
Indians of the Southwestp. 37
Costumes of the Eskimos
Costumes of the Eskimosp. 49
Costumes of the Colonists
The Virginiansp. 57
The Caroliniansp. 65
The Puritansp. 73
The Dutchp. 83
The Quakersp. 89
American Dress in the Eighteenth Century
Pre-Revolutionary Costumesp. 95
Revolutionary War Uniformsp. 111
American Dress, 1800-1870
1800-1810p. 119
1820-1840p. 131
1840-1850p. 139
1850-1870p. 147
Civil War Uniformsp. 153
Appendix
Materialsp. 161
Dyeingp. 164
Constructionp. 167
Bibliographyp. 169
Indexp. 175
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ISBN: 9780486475967
ISBN-10: 0486475964
Series: Dover Pictorial Archives
Audience: General
Format: Book with CD or DVD
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 192
Published: 18th November 2010
Dimensions (cm): 23.8 x 15.8  x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.349