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Godey's Lady's Book April 1864

Louis A. Godey, Sarah Josepha Hale · 1864 · 13 pictures

Godey's Lady's Book, an American monthly women's magazine edited by Sarah Josepha Hale and published by Louis A. Godey in Philadelphia in 1864, aimed at middle-class women readers. Its pictures are small black-and-white line engravings of ornamental monograms, pleated trim, rosette-like fabric arrangements and a woven strap, giving designers period decorative motifs for borders, initials and textile patterns.

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