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Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
Earle, Alice Morse
2,527 Gutenberg downloadsen2003Difficulty 45 (College)
Textiles and Clothing
Watson, Kate Heintz
2,280 Gutenberg downloadsen2007Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
Jacob, P. L.
1,955 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 61 (Academic)
Dress design $b: an account of costume for artists & dressmakers
Hughes, Talbot
1,751 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 51 (Graduate)
Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description.
Campbell, Mark
1,527 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 28 (Middle School)
Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen
Delano de Lannoy, Mortimer & Arnold, Reginald Harvey
1,358 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 39 (High School)
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States
Kidwell, Claudia Brush
1,345 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
A dictionary of men's wear
Baker, William Henry
1,192 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 59 (Graduate)
The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes
Webb, Wilfred Mark
1,185 Gutenberg downloadsen2013Difficulty 48 (College)
The history of fashion in France : $b or, the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the present time
Challamel, Augustin
1,185 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 79 (Expert)
Textile Fabrics A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needlework and Tapestries, forming that Section of the Museum
Rock, Daniel
1,161 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 55 (Graduate)
Greek dress : $b a study of the costumes worn in ancient Greece, from pre-Hellenic times to the Hellenistic age
Abrahams, Ethel Beatrice
1,136 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 57 (Graduate)
Woman as Decoration
Burbank, Emily
1,129 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
English Costume
Calthrop, Dion Clayton
1,051 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 41 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, February, 1854
Various
1,048 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps
Unknown
1,040 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 41 (College)
The corset and the crinoline : $b A book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time
Lord, William Barry
1,028 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations
Houston, Mary G. (Mary Galway) & Hornblower, Florence S.
1,025 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 45 (College)
In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and Femininity
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt
1,017 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical
Aria, Mrs. (Eliza Davis)
927 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 62 (Academic)
Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornment
Ostier, Marianne
924 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Umbrellas and Their History
Sangster, William
924 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
Straw Hats: Their history and manufacture
Inwards, Harry
921 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery, with Clear and Explicit Directions for Working the Patterns
Unknown
916 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 46 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854
Various
912 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making
Kinne, Helen & Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria)
899 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 37 (High School)
The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews
Conkling, Margaret C. (Margaret Cockburn)
881 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 93 (Quantum Electrodynamics)
Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans
Unknown
870 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes
Hall, Joseph Sparkes
870 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 61 (Academic)
The Evolution of Fashion
Gardiner, Florence Mary
855 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
Chats on Costume
Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
849 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
My secrets of beauty : $b Including more than 1,000 valuable recipes for preparations used and recommended by Mme. Cavalieri herself
Cavalieri, Lina
840 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 46 (College)
Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
835 Gutenberg downloadsen2009Difficulty 41 (College)
Seven Centuries of Lace
Pollen, Maria Margaret
835 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
Le Pantalon Féminin
Dufay, Pierre
815 Gutenberg downloadsfr2019
Emma McChesney and Co.
Ferber, Edna
809 Gutenberg downloadsen1996Difficulty 37 (High School)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, May, 1851
Various
786 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 48 (College)
A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair
Thomson, John, hatter
743 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 66 (Academic)
Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate
Nevinson, J. L. (John Lea)
732 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 57 (Graduate)
The Mirror of the Graces Containing General Instructions for Combining Elegance, Simplicity, and Economy with Fashion in Dress; Hints on Female Accomplishments and Manners; and Directions for the Preservation of Health and Beauty
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
732 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association
Smith, Watson
731 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 57 (Graduate)
Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours, tome 6/6
Jacob, P. L.
722 Gutenberg downloadsfr2014
Make your own hats
Martin, Gene Allen
721 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 42 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854
Various
711 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 55 (Graduate)
The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff
Uzanne, Octave
702 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 64 (Academic)
Manuel complet des fabricans de chapeaux en tous genres
Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène)
701 Gutenberg downloadsfr2006
De Nederlandsche Nationale Kleederdrachten
Molkenboer, Theodoor
683 Gutenberg downloadsnl2007
Spitzen und ihre Charakteristik
Jurie, Bertha von
682 Gutenberg downloadsde2015
Dress as a Fine Art, with Suggestions on Children's Dress
Merrifield, Mary P. (Mary Philadelphia)
664 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 47 (College)
Knitted and Crocheted Boutique
American Thread Company
664 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 33 (High School)
Mesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégances
Robida, Albert
663 Gutenberg downloadsfr2013
Garment cutting in the twentieth century : $b Consisting of a series of articles on garment cutting and making
Hertzer, Günther F.
662 Gutenberg downloadsen2024Difficulty 49 (College)
Baltimore Hats, Past and Present
Brigham, William Tufts
654 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 62 (Academic)
Fashion parade : $b knit and crochet for him and her
American Thread Company
645 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 34 (High School)
Handbook on dress and cloak cutting
Hecklinger, Charles
637 Gutenberg downloadsen2024Difficulty 39 (High School)
What Dress Makes of Us
Quigley, Dorothy
633 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
An embroidery book
Arthur, Anne Knox
631 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 61 (Academic)
Habits and men, with remnants of record touching the makers of both
Doran, Dr. (John)
631 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Dress and Look Slender
Wells, Jane Warren
624 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 51 (Graduate)
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)
Trollope, Frances Milton
616 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
Menzel, Wolfgang
613 Gutenberg downloadsen2005Difficulty 68 (Academic)
Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl
Alexander, Virginia M.
608 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 983, October 29, 1898
Various
603 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 36 (High School)
The Philosophy of Beards A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical
Gowing, Thomas S.
597 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 61 (Academic)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, June, 1854
Various
592 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 992, December 31, 1898
Various
575 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 47 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48-49, No. XVIII, May, 1854
Various
566 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 49 (College)
Mood fashions
American Thread Company
550 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 38 (High School)
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 4, April 1847
Various
549 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 65 (Academic)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, No. XVIII, April, 1854
Various
548 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 51 (Graduate)
The book of hats and caps
Elliott, M.
547 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 38 (High School)
Stoles and shawls: hairpin lace, knitted, crocheted
American Thread Company
542 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 39 (High School)
The Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessons
Le Blanc, H.
541 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
The Copeland method : $b A complete manual for cleaning, repairing, altering and pressing all kinds of garments for men and women, at home or for business
Copeland, Vanness
540 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 43 (College)
A Hand-book of Precious Stones
Rothschild, Meyer D.
529 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops
Ryder, H. P.
521 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 34 (High School)
Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application.
Jaros, I.
519 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
L'Illustration, No. 3646, 11 Janvier 1913
Various
514 Gutenberg downloadsfr2011
Discover the Excitement of Hairpin Lace
Unknown
511 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 35 (High School)
Lloyd's Treatise on Hats, with Twenty-Four Engravings Containing Novel Delineations of His Various Shapes, Shewing the Manner in Which They Should Be Worn...
Lloyd, Robert
509 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 76 (Expert)
The Abergeldie Winter Book
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
497 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 36 (High School)
In Fashions: for Him, for Her, in Knits, in Crochets
American Thread Company
488 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
Good Form for All Occasions A Manual of Manners, Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and Women
Hall, Florence Howe
477 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
Stoles: Knitted; Crocheted; Hairpin Lace
American Thread Company
477 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 37 (High School)
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1842
Various
475 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 48 (College)
Satyrische Abhandlung von den Krankheiten der Frauenspersonen, welche sie sich durch ihren Putz und Anzug zuziehen
Reinhard, Christian Tobias Ephraim
467 Gutenberg downloadsde2016
Ladies' dress shoes of the nineteenth century
Greig, T. Watson (Thomas Watson)
464 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 45 (College)
Pamela Pounce: A tale of tempestuous petticoats
Castle, Agnes & Castle, Egerton
463 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 49 (College)
Cameo Cutting
Marsh, John B.
448 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Some points in choosing textiles
Gibbs, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mitchell)
443 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
L'Illustration, No. 3674, 26 Juillet 1913
Various
440 Gutenberg downloadsfr2012
Cro-knitting : $b The new art of worsted work : also crocheted lattice work
Bernhard Ulmann Company
434 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 36 (High School)
Bulkies [Sweaters to Knit and Crochet]
American Thread Company
424 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 34 (High School)
Easy to Make Fashions: from Rochelle's Mohlon Orlon Acrylic Fiber. Volume B22.
Anonymous
424 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
Gloves, Past and Present
Smith, Willard M.
419 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Head-Gear, Antique and Modern
Unknown
400 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 50 (College)
A Short Treatise on Boots and Shoes, Ancient and Modern
Goater, Walter H.
393 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 50 (College)
The Andalusian Knitting and Netting Book
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
380 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 36 (High School)
Takt und Ton im geselligen Verkehr nebst Kommandos der Quadrille à la cour und der Française
Rödiger, Richard
379 Gutenberg downloadsde2007
It's Fun to Sew Aprons and Skirts
Johnson, Theta
375 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
It's Fun to Sew a Cotton School Dress
Johnson, Theta
352 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
The True Grecian Bend: A Story in Verse
Leigh, Larry
342 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 43 (College)
A Short Treatise on Head Wear, Ancient and Modern
Goater, Anne C.
339 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 43 (College)
Glove Lore
Unknown
243 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 52 (Graduate)

Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)

Textiles and Clothing

Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

Dress design $b: an account of costume for artists & dressmakers

Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description.

Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen

Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States

A dictionary of men's wear

The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes

The history of fashion in France : $b or, the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the present time

Textile Fabrics A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needlework and Tapestries, forming that Section of the Museum

Greek dress : $b a study of the costumes worn in ancient Greece, from pre-Hellenic times to the Hellenistic age

Woman as Decoration

English Costume

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, February, 1854

Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps

The corset and the crinoline : $b A book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time

Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations

In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and Femininity

Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical

Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornment

Umbrellas and Their History

Straw Hats: Their history and manufacture

The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery, with Clear and Explicit Directions for Working the Patterns

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854

Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making

The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews

Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans

The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes

The Evolution of Fashion

Chats on Costume

My secrets of beauty : $b Including more than 1,000 valuable recipes for preparations used and recommended by Mme. Cavalieri herself

Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet

Seven Centuries of Lace

Le Pantalon Féminin

Emma McChesney and Co.

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, May, 1851

A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair

Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate

The Mirror of the Graces Containing General Instructions for Combining Elegance, Simplicity, and Economy with Fashion in Dress; Hints on Female Accomplishments and Manners; and Directions for the Preservation of Health and Beauty

The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association

Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours, tome 6/6

Make your own hats

Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854

The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff

Manuel complet des fabricans de chapeaux en tous genres

De Nederlandsche Nationale Kleederdrachten

Spitzen und ihre Charakteristik

Dress as a Fine Art, with Suggestions on Children's Dress

Knitted and Crocheted Boutique

Mesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégances

Garment cutting in the twentieth century : $b Consisting of a series of articles on garment cutting and making

Baltimore Hats, Past and Present

Fashion parade : $b knit and crochet for him and her

Handbook on dress and cloak cutting

What Dress Makes of Us

An embroidery book

Habits and men, with remnants of record touching the makers of both

Dress and Look Slender

Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)

Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4

Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 983, October 29, 1898

The Philosophy of Beards A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, June, 1854

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 992, December 31, 1898

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48-49, No. XVIII, May, 1854

Mood fashions

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 4, April 1847

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, No. XVIII, April, 1854

The book of hats and caps

Stoles and shawls: hairpin lace, knitted, crocheted

The Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessons

The Copeland method : $b A complete manual for cleaning, repairing, altering and pressing all kinds of garments for men and women, at home or for business

A Hand-book of Precious Stones

Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops

Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application.

L'Illustration, No. 3646, 11 Janvier 1913

Discover the Excitement of Hairpin Lace

Lloyd's Treatise on Hats, with Twenty-Four Engravings Containing Novel Delineations of His Various Shapes, Shewing the Manner in Which They Should Be Worn...