AMAZING 1905 FASHION WINDOW DISPLAYS,Drapery,Mannequins,Millinery,ILLUSTRATED HC

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Over 45 photos shown below, so please scroll down to see just a peek of what is in this fabulous antique book. I give the chapter contents below also....ORIGINAL antique hard cover book...1905...........Large, heavy and loaded with photos and lavish illustrations and very detailed instructional text......This extremely rare antique book is STUNNING in its beauty........This really Is Like a trip Somewhere Back In Time........Want to go Window Shopping in Great Great Grandmother's Day......??? Want to learn how you yourself can make those fabulous show window displays?....Now you can!...Reminds me of that PBS show Mr. Selfridge, and surely this book was in the window display department of Selfridge's department store, where it was used to create those magical windows...........Amazingly Artistic and incredibly inventive detailed store window and shop windows, as well as department store interiors too........Artful Fashion displays in Department Store windows and Victorian shops...... LOADED with 250 stunning Full page and half page, real period PHOTOGRAPHS................. ...Lavishly and outrageously inventive Decorated Windows stuffed FULL of Victorian and early Edwardian Fashions, Womens clothing, Mens' and childrens Clothing, Lots of fancy ladies Millinery, Accessories, Hats, Dressmaker's Fabrics, Shoes, Home Linens, Furnishings, Wax Mannequins, Textiles, Dressmaker Fabrics, Laces, Menswear, Hankies, and more.....I took over 45 photos....please know that there are many many more than I can show here....I some ways this is Better than any fashion catalog from that time, as these are the REAL fashions and fabrics in the photographs!...............Gaze into dozens and dozens and dozens more of actual period Victorian shop windows and store interiors!.....See wax mannequins dressed in the finest clothing, fancy gowns, furs, huge Edwardian hats, waists, laces and silks....Furs....Muffs.....Boots.....Coats and Capes......did I mention the Amazing Millinery and hats displayed in abundance!...there are over 100 hats shown in here..........Men's clothing includes coats, suits, vests, overalls, men's hats, caps, work clothing and little boy's clothing............This is what people actually wore and bought......All shown in great detail........ and lavishly arranged by expert window display artists....PLUS those Fantastical backgrounds of hand painted scenics, draped fabrics, furnishings, pleated, festooned, swags and swirled textiles.....Breathtaking..I cannot begin to describe the amazing creations made of fabrics, and the luxurious merchandise.....Better than any museum display!...Revolving Pinwheels made of fabrics...Mosaic pictures made of rolls of yard goods.......Opulent Indoor scenes such as a lady playing a piano.....Spring Promenades of Ladies in Easter Finery.....A Wedding Scene...Ladies on an ocean liner, complete with waves...A horse drawn carriage!........What looks like Suffragettes campaigning for women's rights (?)......Darling Snow scenes.....Christmas, Holidays, and Political displays......Flower garlands, angels, baskets, flower thrones.............Look at the interior of the Millinery Department!!....WOW!Antique, Original , 1905....Hard Cover with lovely partial leather on front cover, full leather on spine, and lustrous gold gilt stampings...fancy decorated end papers, ......................Title is MERCANTILE DECORATION......International Textbook Company .....................First Edition....... Subtitles on title page are.......................DRESS GOODS...WHITE GOODS...CLOTHING... Publisher is The International Correspondence Schools, or I.C.S. Book measures 6 1/4" x 9" with over 350 glossy pages.....A book of the professional art of show windows and displays.Page after page of eye popping Holiday displays....Christmas Furs....Easter Millinery...Winter Hats....Summer bonnets.....Furs and coats.......Spring Floral displays......Snow scenes......Party Scenes......Ocean Steamer Scenes....Wedding Scenes with beautiful bridal costumes...even an entire horse and rider!!.......SO many styles and specialty outfits and attire...!!!I especially love all the HATS and Millinery .........MANY ladies Hats, lavishly trimmed and untrimmed with buckles, ribbons, poufs, silks, braids, millinery flowers, chiffon bows, ostrich feathers, plumes...Marcasite jewels, passementerie, fur, and more embellishments...Aside from the amazing photos, The book is EXTREMELY detailed and compete in its scope....with step by step instructions that are fully illustrated with photos to follow, so you can recreate these amazing techniques......A rare and wonderful reference for for any person interested in Antique and vintage fashions, design, fashion illustration, interior decorating, millinery, a dressmaker, sewing, fashion design, fashion merchandising, retail display, The Theatre, Plays, Art, Department Store history, texiles, and more.....Numerous photos showing you how to make the stands and forms to hold all the fabrics and drapes........how to fold and manipulate fabrics and make the displays , puffs, festoons, pleats, swags, and more...How to manipluate fabric to look like clothing.....inventive ways to dispaly vests, trousers, fine laces, ties, silk ribbons, and more.....3 major sections:...................... Dress Goods, .............. White Goods................., and Clothing.TABLE OF CONTENTS :CLOTHING Millinery and Women's Clothing .................. Trimmed Millinery ................. Women's Clothing ................. Specimen Displays ................ Furs .............................. Men's Clothing ....................... Merchant Tailoring .......... Specimen Displays ............... Boys' Clothing .........DRESS GOODS......... Woolen Dress Goods ............ Wedge-Stand Drapery .................. Skirt-Stand Draping ............... Box-Stand Draping ............. Rod and Cone-Stand Draping ......... Improvised Stands and Supports ............... Cotton Dress-Goods Displays ........ Linings and Domestics ........... Silk Dress Goods ......... Bag-Puff Draping ......................... Dress-Goods Displays ................ Cotton Dress Goods ............... Puffs .......................... Fluted-Fold Puff .............WHITE GOODS............ A quote...... "Then, white in itself always enhances the decorative value of any kind of merchandise that is fortunate enough to come mostly in that color, as do these lines. Therefore, it is not strange that many of the handsomest and most showy displays are to be seen in season, made up of these goods."..................... Very detailed ......Lace and Embroidery ...........Ruffles....Sheers.....Voile..... Unit Displays ......... Display: Ruffles.. Roll-Stand Draping...... Arm-Stand Draping..... White-Goods Displays....... Bolt Units........ Rod Draping....... Box and Rod-Stand Draping....Sold as is described, as found, and as shown.... Low opening bid.....PLEASE ASK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, prior to bidding... Please bid accordingly ......NO RETURNS ON Vintage and antique books ....thank you..... read more

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