Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . Fig 9. Fig. 10. eftect; and there may be laceflouces, fringe, or embroidery be-tween these puffs or folds. Thelowest ends that reach the foot arestraight and untrimmed, beingmerely hemmed or faced. Theopen space up the middle is fin-ished on each side with a frill orjabot of lace; also, a row of em-broidery or passementerie; foursets of narrow strings underneaththe frills tie these separate edgestogether from the belt down towithin twelve inches of the foot,where they are left untied; and aflounce of pleated satin is placedon the foundation skirt to show if
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . Fig 9. Fig. 10. eftect; and there may be laceflouces, fringe, or embroidery be-tween these puffs or folds. Thelowest ends that reach the foot arestraight and untrimmed, beingmerely hemmed or faced. Theopen space up the middle is fin-ished on each side with a frill orjabot of lace; also, a row of em-broidery or passementerie; foursets of narrow strings underneaththe frills tie these separate edgestogether from the belt down towithin twelve inches of the foot,where they are left untied; and aflounce of pleated satin is placedon the foundation skirt to show ifthese breadths should fall open atthe foot. On each s de of theseams where the selvedges of thetwo breadths are sewed to thesingle back breadth of the founda-tion skirt, is a single fluting ororgan-pipe pleating, a fourth-of-a-yard broad, stiffly lined, and curvedinto a space half its breadth. Thisextends the whole length of theskirt, and is covered with sevenfrills of lace. Next to this is aside draping made of figuredgoods; and dr
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