THORNTON, J.P." SARSFIELD": - The Sectional System of Ladies' Garment Cutting, comprising Bodices, Jackets, Ulsters, Skirts, Habits, &c. London, The Thornton Institute, (1901).

. Large 4to. Pp. viii, 304. With front portrait and 111 plates with patterns and cutting instructions. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering, rubbed and faded. Binding shaken. Minor staining to title, one marginal stain at inner margin of two pages (contents), two leaves with small marginal tear, otherwise internally very good.First edition of this classic work on cutting women's wear, published a few years after the successful publication of "Sectional system of Gentlemen's Garment Cutting". Interesting early guide to the principles of garment cutting presented in diagram form of the standard styles at the time. Seems very scarce.

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