This comprehensive treasury of more than 900 crisp black-and-white illustrations - arrange chronologically and dated by year - provides a rich pictorial record of clothing styles from that period. Suitable for a wide variety of graphic projects, these cuts will especially appeal to artists and illustrators in search of finely rendered images of authentic Victorian fashions. Here, for copyright-free use, are hundreds of elegant dresses accented with intricately embroidered designs, shirtwaists featuring lace inserts and row upon row of tiny pleats, tightly laced undergarments, wide-brimmed hats topped with feathers, flowers, and ribbon, beaded handbags, magnificent parasols, fur-trimmed capes, and much, much more. In invaluable reference to period clothing styles for designers, illustrators and costume historians, this magnificent archive - with its entertaining glimpse of the fashions of yesteryear - will also delight casual browsers and lovers of Victoriana. Paperback, 128 pages.br>ISBN:486402215. DOVER