Anonymous 1902-1921 "Dress History” Annotated british sailor with her skeletal and circulatory

with her skeletal and circulatory systems exposed on the following flaps

as labelled in the photos

(It is many times more beautiful in person

who holds what appears to be some sort of lantern

" Rendered in an earthy palette of dark green and brown

Anonymous 1902-1921 "Dress History” Annotated british sailor with her skeletal and circulatoryThe recent book by fashion historian and museum curator Kate Strasdin, The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe, put dress diaries on my radar. The subject of Stradin's extensively researched book was a dress diary started in 1838 by a Mrs. Anne Sykes, holding snippets of fabrics from a range of garments owned by her or family members, with annotations as to when and what and where worn together creating a unique record of their