These were interesting, but I think what appeals to me more would be an
1861 paletot, which I have in Civil War LAdies: Fashions and needle Arts
of the Early 1860's which is all from Petersen's MAgazines. I like the
shape better although I will have to scale down the sleeves. Wish they
had the
I cannot find a pattern for a Civil Ware era lady's coat. Im thinking
1861. Suggestions?
Yours in costuming, Lis aA
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I was just going thru my collection of Harper's Bazaar issues from
1868-71. There are several issues with full sized patterns for
cloaks, hoods, wraps paletots. I was planning on putting the
journals out for sale at Stanford Historic Dance Week (next week).
If you dont mind being a smidge
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
idea what it would be worth. What were you hoping to get for it? I am
used to
I put 350 patterns in my book _Reconstruction Era Fashions: 350 Sewing,
Needlework, and Millinery Patterns 1867-1868_. (The first year of
_Harper's Bazar_ plus some; they started publication in the fall of
1867.) The overlapping patterns have been separated out from the pattern
sheets and
Here are a few that might be useful, from Godey's Lady's Book:
November 1859: Fall Paletot, illus and pattern:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/images/s5911452.jpg
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/images/s5911454.jpg
May 1859: Zanfretti Mantle, illus, pattern 1, pattern 2
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Lisa A Ashton lis...@juno.com 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
