The Lady's stratagem : a repository of 1820s directions for the toilet, mantua-making, stay-making, millinery & etiquette

The Lady's Stratagem is a comprehensive, step-by-step, illustrated guide to early 19th-century dressmaking, corset making, millinery, knitting, embroidery, clothing care, beauty treatments, and manners. The audiences include film and theatre costumers, historic re-enactors, and historical and romance novelists.