Doll costumes and vintage fashion enthusiasts will find this volume an invaluable reference to fashions from 1890 to 1905. Numerous line engravings from the period are reproduced, as well as detailed descriptions of fabrics, colors, style lines and construction methods. An extensive glossary is also included. Two special pattern pullouts will allow doll costumers to create authentic reproductions of period dresses for 16 1/2in and 28in dolls. By Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon. Paperback, 128 pages.