A practical guide for the tailor's cutting-room : being a treatise on measuring and cutting clothing in all styles, and for every period of life from childhood to old age / by Joseph Couts ; with numerous diagrams and pictorial illustrations.
Published / Created:
[Glasgow] : Blackie and Son, Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London, [1848]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 166 p., xxvii, 17 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsTT590 C86 1848+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Glasgow: W.G. Blackie and Co., printers, Villafield."--T.p. verso.Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 200Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 424BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in later half brown morocco.
Subject Terms:
Tailoring -- Great Britain. | Tailoring -- Patterns. | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | W.G. Blackie & Co. -- Publisher | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- [1848] | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- [1848] | Steel engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- [1848] | Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- [1848]