Title: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, linen, wool and other fibrous substances
Description: Hard cover. Designed without dustjacket. Cloth boards with paisely exterior page edges. Book includes an appendix which contains a lengthy treatise on "window trimming" Nice full-page black and white photographs show late Victorian window treatments and examples of displays in a dry goods store.  Front section offers an alphabetical listing of terminology with lengthy definitions.
Subjects: Dictionaries. [from old catalog], Dry-goods, Show-windows. [from old catalog], Textile industry and fabrics