I'm assuming you mean books of patterns that you enlarge to the wearer's
size, rather than buyng a paper pattern in an envelope.
So far we've published one for the late 1860s, two for the late 1870s
and early 1880s, and two for 1900-1909. Details are on our website,
http://www.lavoltapress.com.
Otherwise the major players are: R. L. Shep, http://www.rlshep.com/
Robb's line focuses on patterns for men's clothing and tailored women's
clothing (as opposed to dressmaker styles, though of course there is
overlap).
For authors, Janet Arnold wrote pattern three books covering the
Renaissance into the early 20th century. Norah Waugh wrote two
survey-across-the-centuries books, one for men and one for women, also
one focusing on corsets and hoopskirts. Jean Hunnisett wrote five books;
three are survey books of dresses and undergarments covering the Middle
Ages into the early 20th century, and two books on outerwear. You can
find them on Amazon etc.
There are some more drafting books more strongly oriented toward
theatrical-looking costumes, and a number of museum catalogs containing
a draft or two of an original garment, but the above list should
certainly get you started.
Someone mentioned patterning "systems." This is a confusing term,
because "system" was a hot marketing buzzword to include in titles of
contemporary books of patterns during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
It referred to absolutely everything from patent systems requiring
special slopers (which they called "charts") or apportioning scales (we
provide those in some of our books), to methods for pattern drafting
with a pencil and an L-square (Robb Shep has published many of those).
Fran
Lavolta Press Books on Costuming
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know a good book on drafting patterns for historical
costumes? I mean drafting custom patterns, like tailors do. I've been
searching for some such books on amazon.com, but I haven't found
anything promising. Since I can't look inside the book, I never know
whether it's a "tailor - drafting" book or not.
> P.S.: I'd welcome periods from the middle ages to the turn of the
century (19/20)
>
> Zuzana
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