Description: This vintage catalog from Bloomingdale Brothers Staff is a treasure trove of fashion, dry goods, and housewares from 1886. The catalog is a reprint from 1988 and is in softcover & wrap. The pages are beautifully illustrated in black and white, transporting readers to a bygone era of elegance and style. The catalog is published by Dover Publications, Incorporated and is written in English. It is a must-have for collectors of antiques and anyone interested in business and economics, advertising, and promotion of the late 1800s. This unit is a single copy and is not personalized. Don't miss your chance to own a piece of history with this unique and fascinating catalog.In the spring and summer of 1886, a popular New York department store advertised its wares in a finely illustrated catalog featuring everything from clothing, accessories, and housewares, to jewelry, leather goods, school supplies, and dry goods. This excellent reproduction of that now-rare Bloomingdale Brothers catalog provides fascinating views of approximately 1,700 mid-Victorian consumer items (all finely drawn and easy to reproduce) together with the original descriptive captions.An informative introduction by Nancy Villa Bryk, Curator of Domestic Life at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, precedes an entertaining panorama of fashions and other articles that include a stylish boucle jacket trimmed in velvet, a woman's tight-waisted riding costume, a variety of little girls' checkered pinafores (averaging about 35 cents apiece), infants' bibs, nurses' caps and aprons, men's nightshirts, suspenders, and smoking jackets; hosiery, hair goods, notions, parasols, silverware, toys, upholstery goods, fine millinery, delicate white laces, exquisite gold jewelry (remarkably inexpensive by today's standards), as well as "willow ware, walking sticks, zephyr worsteds, and fancy articles."Artists and designers will find this catalog a splendid sourcebook of copyright-free period graphics; antique collectors, historians, costume enthusiasts, and nostalgia lovers will find it indispensable for dating and identifying antiques, clothing, and other vintage items.
Price: 10 USD
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
End Time: 2024-11-19T15:44:26.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Subject: Vintage Catalog
Original/Facsimile: Reprint
Year Printed: 1988
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: Bloomingdale Brothers Staff
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Bloomingdale Brothers Staff
Personalized: No
Topic: Advertising & Promotion
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
