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product_id: 1220093
title: "Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2"
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# 17 detailed garment patterns X-ray & close-up photography Step-by-step hand-sewing guides Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2

**Price:** KD 32.37
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 👗 Stitch your way into 17th-century elegance — history never looked this stylish!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2
- **How much does it cost?** KD 32.37 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **Beyond Clothing:** Includes patterns for shoes, hats, bags & intricate embroidery designs
- • **Hand-Sewing Revival:** Complete stepwise drawings for authentic, machine-free assembly
- • **Unveil Hidden Details:** X-ray photos reveal construction secrets and stitch precision
- • **Trusted Historical Source:** Based on Janet Arnold’s research with expert V&A curation
- • **Master 17th-Century Wardrobe:** 17 authentic garment & accessory patterns to recreate history

## Overview

This used book offers 17 meticulously detailed patterns and step-by-step instructions for authentic 17th-century women's garments and accessories, enhanced by X-ray photography and expert historical research, making it an essential resource for costume designers, historians, and craft enthusiasts eager to recreate period fashion with precision.

## Description

Book Two in the V&A’s groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a 17th-century woman’s wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks, shoes, a hat, a stomacher, linen bands and supporters, a bag, and a knife case. It also features a description of the stay-making process. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment to enable the reader to accurately reconstruct them. There are scale patterns and diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces and embroidery designs. Multiple photographs of the objects, close-up construction details and X-ray photography reveal the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #567,587 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #2,645 in Fashion Craft #4,579 in Sewing Patterns & Templates |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 166 Reviews |

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*Last updated: 2026-11-07*