The McDowell School of Costume Design: Costume Design, Fashion Illustration, Dressmaking, Millinery - Three Volume Set

Circa 1935 advertising books for The McDowell School of Costume Design, with color fashion plates and black-and-white photographs throughout. Established in 1876, The McDowell School operated for at least a century (we found record of a banquet they held in 1987), teaching various courses necessary to the understanding of professional costume design. Interesting for its depictions of then current fashions, and as an indication of the quality and methods of professional education at the time.