Brides' Book

  • Staplebound wraps
  • New York: The Home Pattern Company Inc, 1920
New York: The Home Pattern Company Inc, 1920. Staplebound wraps. Very good +. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6 1/4". Unpaginated, 22pp. Printed staplebound wraps. Mild edgewear to wraps, with shallow open tears to head and tail of spine. Pages age-toned but clean and unmarked.

A very well-preserved, circa 1920s trade catalog of bridal fashions, for the purpose of ordering sewing patterns, published by The Home Pattern Company, sole manufacturer of patterns for The Ladies' Home Journal. Filled throughout with outstanding illustrations of gowns, veils, bridesmaid and attendant fashions, bridal lingerie, boudoir apparel, negligees, and more. With an introductory essay on the "age of change" and "breaking with tradition," this booklet for brides offers a fascinating look at the 1920s woman. Exceedingly rare. No holdings in OCLC at this time.

Details

Title

Brides' Book

Binding

Staplebound wraps

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

The Home Pattern Company Inc: New York

Date

1920


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