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Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915

by Katherine Strand Holkeboer · 1984

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Kathering Strand Holkeboer offers step-by-step instructions for making a huge variety of period costumes - gowns, tunics, head-dresses, jackets, robes, breeches - from the early Egyptians to the beginning of the 20th century.

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medium · 342 pages

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