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Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
Earle, Alice Morse
2,917 Gutenberg downloadsen2003Difficulty 45 (College)
Textiles and Clothing
Watson, Kate Heintz
2,724 Gutenberg downloadsen2007Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
Jacob, P. L.
1,703 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 61 (Academic)
The history of fashion in France : $b or, the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the present time
Challamel, Augustin
1,290 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 79 (Expert)
The corset and the crinoline : $b A book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time
Lord, William Barry
1,158 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description.
Campbell, Mark
1,154 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 28 (Middle School)
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States
Kidwell, Claudia Brush
1,135 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
A dictionary of men's wear
Baker, William Henry
1,073 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 59 (Graduate)
Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornment
Ostier, Marianne
1,066 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans
Unknown
913 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
English Costume
Calthrop, Dion Clayton
832 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 41 (College)
Woman as Decoration
Burbank, Emily
830 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
Seven Centuries of Lace
Pollen, Maria Margaret
824 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes
Webb, Wilfred Mark
805 Gutenberg downloadsen2013Difficulty 48 (College)
Umbrellas and Their History
Sangster, William
760 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
Menzel, Wolfgang
754 Gutenberg downloadsen2005Difficulty 68 (Academic)
Le Pantalon Féminin
Dufay, Pierre
745 Gutenberg downloadsfr2019
Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate
Nevinson, J. L. (John Lea)
729 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 57 (Graduate)
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
723 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 55 (Graduate)
Straw Hats: Their history and manufacture
Inwards, Harry
719 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Dress design $b: an account of costume for artists & dressmakers
Hughes, Talbot
698 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 51 (Graduate)
The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews
Conkling, Margaret C. (Margaret Cockburn)
693 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 93 (Quantum Electrodynamics)
Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical
Aria, Mrs. (Eliza Davis)
686 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 62 (Academic)
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association
Smith, Watson
686 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 57 (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
674 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 46 (College)
Greek dress : $b a study of the costumes worn in ancient Greece, from pre-Hellenic times to the Hellenistic age
Abrahams, Ethel Beatrice
662 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 57 (Graduate)
Habits and men, with remnants of record touching the makers of both
Doran, Dr. (John)
655 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps
Unknown
647 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 41 (College)
The Evolution of Fashion
Gardiner, Florence Mary
637 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 58 (Graduate)
Chats on Costume
Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
616 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 54 (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
610 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations
Houston, Mary G. (Mary Galway) & Hornblower, Florence S.
598 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 45 (College)
In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and Femininity
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt
578 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
De Nederlandsche Nationale Kleederdrachten
Molkenboer, Theodoor
571 Gutenberg downloadsnl2007
Gloves, Past and Present
Smith, Willard M.
563 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Emma McChesney and Co.
Ferber, Edna
557 Gutenberg downloadsen1996Difficulty 37 (High School)
Mesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégances
Robida, Albert
556 Gutenberg downloadsfr2013
A Hand-book of Precious Stones
Rothschild, Meyer D.
534 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Garment cutting in the twentieth century : $b Consisting of a series of articles on garment cutting and making
Hertzer, Günther F.
534 Gutenberg downloadsen2024Difficulty 49 (College)
Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making
Kinne, Helen & Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria)
531 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 37 (High School)
My secrets of beauty : $b Including more than 1,000 valuable recipes for preparations used and recommended by Mme. Cavalieri herself
Cavalieri, Lina
531 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 46 (College)
The Philosophy of Beards A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical
Gowing, Thomas S.
526 Gutenberg downloadsen2019Difficulty 61 (Academic)
Good Form for All Occasions A Manual of Manners, Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and Women
Hall, Florence Howe
525 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
Manuel complet des fabricans de chapeaux en tous genres
Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène)
506 Gutenberg downloadsfr2006
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, January, 1854
Various
504 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Make your own hats
Martin, Gene Allen
503 Gutenberg downloadsen2006Difficulty 42 (College)
An embroidery book
Arthur, Anne Knox
502 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 61 (Academic)
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
496 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 43 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, No. XVIII, April, 1854
Various
494 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 51 (Graduate)
The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes
Hall, Joseph Sparkes
489 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 61 (Academic)
What Dress Makes of Us
Quigley, Dorothy
486 Gutenberg downloadsen2004Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, June, 1854
Various
482 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Baltimore Hats, Past and Present
Brigham, William Tufts
477 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 62 (Academic)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, May, 1851
Various
472 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 48 (College)
Discover the Excitement of Hairpin Lace
Unknown
467 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 35 (High School)
Dress as a Fine Art, with Suggestions on Children's Dress
Merrifield, Mary P. (Mary Philadelphia)
467 Gutenberg downloadsen2010Difficulty 47 (College)
The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff
Uzanne, Octave
466 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 64 (Academic)
Knitted and Crocheted Boutique
American Thread Company
465 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 33 (High School)
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)
Trollope, Frances Milton
464 Gutenberg downloadsen2012Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Pamela Pounce: A tale of tempestuous petticoats
Castle, Agnes & Castle, Egerton
459 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 49 (College)
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1842
Various
458 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 48 (College)
Mood fashions
American Thread Company
455 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 38 (High School)
Stoles and shawls: hairpin lace, knitted, crocheted
American Thread Company
453 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 39 (High School)
The Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessons
Le Blanc, H.
451 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 56 (Graduate)
Fashion parade : $b knit and crochet for him and her
American Thread Company
450 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 34 (High School)
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 983, October 29, 1898
Various
442 Gutenberg downloadsen2015Difficulty 36 (High School)
A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair
Thomson, John, hatter
434 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 66 (Academic)
Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854
Various
434 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 55 (Graduate)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, February, 1854
Various
427 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 54 (Graduate)
Handbook on dress and cloak cutting
Hecklinger, Charles
427 Gutenberg downloadsen2024Difficulty 39 (High School)
Dress and Look Slender
Wells, Jane Warren
421 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 51 (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.
418 Gutenberg downloadsfr2014
Ladies' dress shoes of the nineteenth century
Greig, T. Watson (Thomas Watson)
416 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 45 (College)
In Fashions: for Him, for Her, in Knits, in Crochets
American Thread Company
397 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen
Delano de Lannoy, Mortimer & Arnold, Reginald Harvey
393 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 39 (High School)
It's Fun to Sew Aprons and Skirts
Johnson, Theta
391 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
Stoles: Knitted; Crocheted; Hairpin Lace
American Thread Company
391 Gutenberg downloadsen2022Difficulty 37 (High School)
Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
386 Gutenberg downloadsen2009Difficulty 41 (College)
Bulkies [Sweaters to Knit and Crochet]
American Thread Company
385 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 34 (High School)
Head-Gear, Antique and Modern
Unknown
377 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 50 (College)
Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48-49, No. XVIII, May, 1854
Various
374 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 49 (College)
Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl
Alexander, Virginia M.
371 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
A Short Treatise on Boots and Shoes, Ancient and Modern
Goater, Walter H.
359 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 50 (College)
The Abergeldie Winter Book
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
357 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 36 (High School)
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 4, April 1847
Various
354 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 65 (Academic)
Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application.
Jaros, I.
354 Gutenberg downloadsen2014Difficulty 60 (Graduate)
It's Fun to Sew a Cotton School Dress
Johnson, Theta
353 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
L'Illustration, No. 3646, 11 Janvier 1913
Various
348 Gutenberg downloadsfr2011
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 992, December 31, 1898
Various
347 Gutenberg downloadsen2016Difficulty 47 (College)
The Andalusian Knitting and Netting Book
Riego de la Branchardière, Eléonore
340 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 36 (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
331 Gutenberg downloadsen2017Difficulty 76 (Expert)
Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings How to Knit Them With Plain and Fancy Turnover Tops
Ryder, H. P.
326 Gutenberg downloadsen2011Difficulty 34 (High School)
Easy to Make Fashions: from Rochelle's Mohlon Orlon Acrylic Fiber. Volume B22.
Anonymous
324 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 34 (High School)
A Short Treatise on Head Wear, Ancient and Modern
Goater, Anne C.
322 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 43 (College)
Cameo Cutting
Marsh, John B.
320 Gutenberg downloadsen2020Difficulty 53 (Graduate)
The book of hats and caps
Elliott, M.
320 Gutenberg downloadsen2023Difficulty 38 (High School)
Takt und Ton im geselligen Verkehr nebst Kommandos der Quadrille à la cour und der Française
Rödiger, Richard
319 Gutenberg downloadsde2007
Cro-knitting : $b The new art of worsted work : also crocheted lattice work
Bernhard Ulmann Company
317 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 36 (High School)
Satyrische Abhandlung von den Krankheiten der Frauenspersonen, welche sie sich durch ihren Putz und Anzug zuziehen
Reinhard, Christian Tobias Ephraim
316 Gutenberg downloadsde2016
Glove Lore
Unknown
310 Gutenberg downloadsen2018Difficulty 52 (Graduate)
The True Grecian Bend: A Story in Verse
Leigh, Larry
277 Gutenberg downloadsen2021Difficulty 43 (College)
L'Illustration, No. 3674, 26 Juillet 1913
Various
271 Gutenberg downloadsfr2012
Spitzen und ihre Charakteristik
Jurie, Bertha von
267 Gutenberg downloadsde2015
Some points in choosing textiles
Gibbs, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mitchell)
249 Gutenberg downloadsen2025Difficulty 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

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

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

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

Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States

A dictionary of men's wear

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

Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans

English Costume

Woman as Decoration

Seven Centuries of Lace

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

Umbrellas and Their History

Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4

Le Pantalon Féminin

Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate

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

Straw Hats: Their history and manufacture

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

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

Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical

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

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

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

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

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

The Evolution of Fashion

Chats on Costume

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

Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations

In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and Femininity

De Nederlandsche Nationale Kleederdrachten

Gloves, Past and Present

Emma McChesney and Co.

Mesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégances

A Hand-book of Precious Stones

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

Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making

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

The Philosophy of Beards A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical

Good Form for All Occasions A Manual of Manners, Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and Women

Manuel complet des fabricans de chapeaux en tous genres

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

Make your own hats

An embroidery book

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

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

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

What Dress Makes of Us

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

Baltimore Hats, Past and Present

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

Discover the Excitement of Hairpin Lace

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

The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff

Knitted and Crocheted Boutique

Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)

Pamela Pounce: A tale of tempestuous petticoats

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1842

Mood fashions

Stoles and shawls: hairpin lace, knitted, crocheted

The Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessons

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

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

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

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

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

Handbook on dress and cloak cutting

Dress and Look Slender

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

Ladies' dress shoes of the nineteenth century

In Fashions: for Him, for Her, in Knits, in Crochets

Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen

It's Fun to Sew Aprons and Skirts

Stoles: Knitted; Crocheted; Hairpin Lace

Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet

Bulkies [Sweaters to Knit and Crochet]

Head-Gear, Antique and Modern