Workwoman's Guide, Containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in cutting out and completing those articles of wearing apparel &c.

Designer Frontispiece designed by James Baylis Allen British
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall & Co. British
Printer Thomas Evans British
1840
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  • Title: Workwoman's Guide, Containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in cutting out and completing those articles of wearing apparel &c.
  • Designer: Frontispiece designed by James Baylis Allen (British, Birmingham 1803–1876 London)
  • Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (London) and Birmingham
  • Printer: Thomas Evans (Birmingham)
  • Date: 1840
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 in. (29.5 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
  • Object Number: 38.25.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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