It's called a regimental coat and you can find a pattern for it at : http://www.patternsoftime.com/cat59a.html
If you look thru their pattern listings, you will find just about all the 18th century patterns available. The basic regimental coat was the same pattern for Yanks as well as Brits. Karen Seamstrix On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:53:09 +0000 Thomas Hayman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there, the 18th century has some truly nifty clothes and i decided > i just have to make something. It's likely that this will take a > long > time and end up somewhat crap but i'd like to try anyway :-) > I'm looking for a pattern for a coat like this man is wearing. > http://www.gilliesandsaxxon.com/Redcoat.htm > I'm not really sure where to start because i don't know the proper > name for it (redcoat?) and wondered if you fine people could help me > :-) > > Thank you for any and all help. > -- > Yours sincerely > > Thomas Hayman > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
