On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Lisa A Ashton <[email protected]> wrote: > Just need to know--was the basic shape still the same? Pretty much > fitted around the torso then flaring out? What kind of sleeves? If the > shape is basicallyt he same, I would be interested, although I have no
AFAICT & very broadly speaking, capes, cloaks & mantles are not fitted, but a paletot seems to be either shaped or belted. > idea what it would be worth. What were you hoping to get for it? I am > used to getting old H Arper's MAgazine issues from the 1870's through > 1890's very inexpensively, maybe anywhere from free to $5 per issue. > Obviously the patterns would be totally awesome, to a ctually make a coat > (as long as the shape would be the same as for early 1860's). Yes, I am > very interested int eh outerwear one. <answered offlist> > Also, and this may seem trivial, when doing buttonholes on teh dress > bodice (and the coat), would the buttonholes more commonly be vertical or > horizontal? They run horizontally on these. --cin Cynthia Barnes [email protected] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
