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Example 1: Pinafore in children’s collection of the wisconsin state historical society.
example 2: girl’s dress of mid 19th century
Example 2.1 Style of girl’s dress, mid 19th century
example 3: child’s dress layered over blouse
Example 4: Lace added to open neckline
example 4.1: pointed neckline and sleeve detail
Example 5: Reference dress for McCalls 7988 from the Metropolitan museum of art
Example 6: Girl’s bodice of mid 19th century (wide neckline, dropped shoulder, gathered center front into narrow portion at waist, ruffles on sleeves)
Example 6.1: fabric at bust line gathered into more narrow section at waist
example 7: fashion plate of pink dress worn over white shirtwaist, le bon ton 1856
example 7.2: fashion plate of pink dress layered over shirtwaist
example 7.2: fashion plate of pink short sleeved dress worn over white shirtwaist, le follet 1862
Example 8.1: bias plaid at hem of tiered skirt
Example 8: Tiered skirt with bias at hem
Example 9: sketch of Queen Victoria on her wedding day
Example 9.1: Queen Victoria’s wedding dress and orange blossom crown
Example 9.2: Mary todd lincoln wearing flower crown
Example 9.3: Mary Todd Lincoln’s inaugural gown with flowers in her hair