December 1900 Fashion Color Plates
Fashion color plates from the December 1900 issue of The Designer magazine. Registered members may download the full-size color plates of the thumbnails below. Each color plate measures approximately 7" x 10".
Among Ourselves | December 1900
That it is Christmas time once more is a fact of which our senses would remind us, even if the calendar did not, for everywhere around us there are sights and sounds that belong by exclusive right to this season of gayety and good cheer. In the shops all the staple articles of merchandise have been thrust temporarily ...
A Christmas Feast
At this delightful entertainment red and green was the prevailing color scheme. The sideboard held an oddly-shaped dish filled with a mass of holly. A wood fire burned merrily in the fireplace, casting a glow over everything, thus giving an added cheer to the occasion, and as the guests chatted Christmas carols
The Fate of Christmas
Editor's Drawer. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December, 1891 Those who are anxious about the fate of Christmas, whether it is not becoming too worldly and too expensive a holiday to be indulged in except by the very poor, mark with pleasure any indications that the true spirit of the day
A Maid’s Choice | A Musical Pastoral
Eleven page illustrated sheet music for piano. Published in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, December 1891. A Maid’s Choice is a musical pastoral for piano with narration, includes a prologue and 4 verses — by W.W. Gilchrist, illustrated by Howard Pyle Below are 2 sample pages. The full-sized version of...
Coiffures and Chignons
Chignons are again worn higher and more voluminous, spreading nearly over the entire back of the head. This style of dressing the hair is certainly far more graceful than the small bunch on the crown, formerly worn. We give several accompanying illustrations of coiffures and chignons as arranged by some of the most c...
Victorian Mother’s Corner
Thoughts Suggested by a New Year
January, 1893 During the holiday season I have been brought in contact with large numbers of people and public fetes, and I have been struck by the great difference between the appearance and dress of the two. The latter, for the most part, except among the extremely poor, are dressed far beyond the former, and beyond what the condition of the ...
Founding Kindergartens
January, 1893 There is a womanly movement, aided by the strong-brained men, to start free kindergartens as a protection to society. Neglected children, with a fair mental endowment, are often brutalized by hardships and suffering, during the very years that common humanity commands that they should have at least the comforts and play-time of an ordinary kitten. The plan which may be ...
Victorian Needlework and Crafts
Crocheted Christmas Gifts 1900
From the December, 1900 issue of The Designer magazine, the following is a 3-page instruction article in PDF format for Crocheted Chr...
Christmas Fancy Work
From the December, 1900 issue of The Designer magazine, the following is a 4-page instruction article in PDF format for Christmas Fancy Work f...
Victorian Home Decoration
Holiday Decorations
From the December, 1900 issue of The Designer magazine, the following is a 3-page article, with images, in PDF format on Christmas Holiday Dec...
Attractive Oddities in Furniture
From the December, 1900 issue of The Designer magazine, the following is a 2-page article, with images, in PDF format on Attractive Oddities i...
Victorian Health
Child Hardening
Harper's Bazar - December 21, 1867 There is a prevalent notion that children can be hardened, as it is called, or rendered insensible, by e...
Waste of Appetite
Harper's Bazar - December 21, 1867 The appetite for food has been conferred upon man, as upon other animals, not only to delight his taste,...
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