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.
| Preface | p. v |
| Costumes of the American Indians | |
| Indians of the Eastern Woodlands | p. 3 |
| Indians of the Plains | p. 23 |
| Indians of the Southwest | p. 37 |
| Costumes of the Eskimos | |
| Costumes of the Eskimos | p. 49 |
| Costumes of the Colonists | |
| The Virginians | p. 57 |
| The Carolinians | p. 65 |
| The Puritans | p. 73 |
| The Dutch | p. 83 |
| The Quakers | p. 89 |
| American Dress in the Eighteenth Century | |
| Pre-Revolutionary Costumes | p. 95 |
| Revolutionary War Uniforms | p. 111 |
| American Dress, 1800-1870 | |
| 1800-1810 | p. 119 |
| 1820-1840 | p. 131 |
| 1840-1850 | p. 139 |
| 1850-1870 | p. 147 |
| Civil War Uniforms | p. 153 |
| Appendix | |
| Materials | p. 161 |
| Dyeing | p. 164 |
| Construction | p. 167 |
| Bibliography | p. 169 |
| Index | p. 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