Ok, if you're not making doll clothes for Christmas gifts, you might not be interested in this book.
The subtitle is 'Authentic Costumes from Museum Collections'. The author, Michelle Hamilton, is a professionally-trained pattern designer who worked with an excellent museum collection. I learned a lot about antebellum sewing techniques! Weird armholes!
Those silver lace ballgowns I'm making for the girls' dolls? They're going to be fantasy, not historically accurate.