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Die Volkstrachten der Schweiz: Die Volkstrachten der Ostschweiz: Thurgau, St. Gallen, Glarus, Appenzell; mit 13 farbigen Tafeln und 171 Schwarz-Abbildungen und Schnittmusterbogen

Heierli, Julie · 1924 · 165 pictures

Die Volkstrachten der Ostschweiz is a German-language costume study by Julie Heierli, published in 1924 in Switzerland for readers interested in regional dress, and held by Heidelberg University Library. Its plates show women in eastern Swiss regional dress, with large winged headdresses, stiff bonnets, lace collars, and embroidered bodices in sober tones. A designer could draw on the silhouettes of these caps, collars and embroidered stomachers as period costume references.

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