I'm making a bodiced petticoat, based off of the picture in _The History of
Underclothes_ by the Cunnington's. Unfortunately, it's from the 1820s but it
was the only picture of a bodiced petticoat I could find (the others were all
re-drawings), so that's why I went with that one. If you have pictures of
extant bodiced petticoat's that are earlier, I'd appreciate the references,
even if the photos aren't as clear as we might wish :-)
I am draping the bodiced petticoat myself, so I can't give you any
recommendations vis-à-vis patterns. For fabric I'm using cotton muslin (due to
cost and availability issues). I believe that for the early regency era they
would likely have used linen, rather then cotton (I can't remember where I ran
across that info, as I've been very surprised by how little there is on regency
underclothes...it may have been from the documentation in Kannik's Corner's
"Woman's Shift 1790-1820" pattern - which is adorable! Even if it is a trifle
fussy to make.)
Sorry to not be more helpful.
-sunny
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