1983.31.1a-b; pattern available at link The tag on the hanger and the electronic records tell of this dress's difficult road to dating: the wide sleeves, the fringe, and the little peplum play havoc with some of the traditional standards. Fringe, as well as the simple construction of the skirt, points to 1860 or earlier. Wide, … Continue reading Day Dress, early 1860s
Tag: 19th century
New Museum Website!
Sorry, this is taking the place of your usually-scheduled fashion plate. There is a new museum (partial) collection out there, available for your perusal! In the main, it consists of scans of photographs, especially ones of the Adirondacks taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard around the end of the 19th century, street scenes in Glens Falls, … Continue reading New Museum Website!
Godey's London Fashions for May, 1834: Morning Dresses
[NB: I typed this one about a year ago, when I was doing those posts based on my plate-less 1834 Godey's - putting together what the different aspects of the dress the text is describing so you can get an idea of what the original plate would look like. Somehow I never got around to … Continue reading Godey's London Fashions for May, 1834: Morning Dresses
Day Dress, ca. 1840
I have had this dress in the works for a very long time. One time when I was in Walmart for ... buttons, I think, I came across this gold/brown quilting cotton with a very small leaf and floral print for $2 or $3/yard. I bought several yards of it, and set it aside until … Continue reading Day Dress, ca. 1840
Latest Patterning Visit
This was perhaps my penultimate patterning trip for the first book I intend to put out. (The last one I have planned will be on the 28th, but I suppose it's possible that I could come across another venue and make another afterward.) Yesterday I drove down to Historic Cherry Hill to take the pattern … Continue reading Latest Patterning Visit
Mimic of Modes 