then by decade. In this section, he deals with works on flat patterning, draping, grading, and tailoring techniques as well as on such related topics as accessories, armor, civil costumes, clerical costumes, dressmakers’ systems, fur, gloves, leather, military uniforms, and undergarments. Seligman then devotes a section to those American and English journals published for
the professional tailor and dressmaker. Here, too, he includes
the related areas of fur and undergarments./PPA section devoted to journal articles features selected articles from costume- and noncostumerelated professional journals and periodicals.
The author breaks these articles down into three categories: American, English, and other. Seligman then devotes separate sections to other related areas, providing alphabetical listings of books and professional journals for costume and dance, dolls, folk and national dress,
footwear, millinery, and wigmaking and hair. A section devoted to commercial pattern
companies, periodicals, and catalogs is followed by an appendix covering pattern
companies, publishers, and publications./PPIn addition to full bibliographic notation, Seligman provides a library call number and library location if that information is available.
The majority of
the listings are annotated. Each listing is coded for identification and cross-referencing. An author index, a title index, a subject index, and a chronological index will guide readers to
the material they want./PPSeligman’s historical review of
the development of publications on
the sartorial
arts, professional journals, and
the commercial paper pattern industry puts
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