Katy-- Have you seen archive.org ? They have some books I haven't seen elsewhere, including scans of books on tailoring. Some of the new-to-me books were scans of the registration copies in the Library of Congress. Many "methods" of pattern drafting & instructions on sewing-up.
The earliest tailoring book I saw was from the 1830s. I was not looking for how-to-tailor books, so cannot address that question directly. Ann in CT --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> wrote: > You could go to books.google.com and > look for tailoring and the date > range you are interested in. I've had good luck there > finding resources I needed. > > Katy > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Elizabeth Walpole > <elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I’m in the beginning stages of a steampunk outfit > for my boyfriend. > > I’ve bought McCall’s 4745 > > http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4745-products-7030.php > as a starting > > point. I’m looking for some information on a > slightly more > > historically accurate way of constructing it than the > standard modern > > costume method with fusible interfacing etc. > > > > Does anybody know of a resource (preferably online but > I can try to > > obtain books through the library) on historical > tailoring techniques > > or modern high end tailoring (e.g. accurate > interfacing techniques > > etc.). Although the outfit doesn’t have to be > historically accurate I > > don’t want to spend time on a cheap & nasty > substitute when I could > > spend the same time on a good outfit that will look > good & last for a > > long time. > > > > Elizabeth _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
