title: Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail
author:  Astrida Schaeffer 
description: Astrida Schaeffer holds two Master's degrees and has been working with historic fashions and textiles for over twenty-five years as curator, mannequin maker, reproduction seamstress, researcher, and teacher.
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  > CARICATURE OF A COUNTESS
  
  MELISSA SAWYER
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Melissa Sawyer
  
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  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _Chapter 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Chapter 17_
  
  >  _Chapter 18_
  
  >  _Chapter 19_
  
  >  _Chapter 20_
  
  >  _Chapter 21_
  
  >  _Epilogue_
  
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