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Crinolines and crimping irons : Victorian clothes : how they were cleaned and cared for / Christina Walkley and Vanda Foster.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating GT737 .W34
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walkley, Christina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Costume--Great Britain--History.
- Costume.
- Costume--History--19th century.
- Costume--History.
- Clothing and dress--Care.
- Clothing and dress.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 199 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Brit. edition.
- Other Title:
- Victorian clothes : how they were cleaned and cared for
- Place of Publication:
- London : Peter Owen, 1978.
- Contents:
- Dresses
- Underwear
- Washing
- Caps and hats
- Gloves and footwear
- Lace
- Furs and feathers
- Men's clothes
- Shawls, bags and accessories
- Spots and stains
- Storage
- Appendix 1: The efficacy of Victorian cleaning methods and their use today
- Appendix 2: Victorian cleaning agents
- Appendix 3: Items sold in Harrod's drugs department in 1895.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography : page 188.
- ISBN:
- 0720605008
- OCLC:
- 5090224
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