#antique patterns

[skeksis98]

Initial monograms from LETTRES MODERNES (J. Sonrel, Paris, n.d.)

[devilinthedetaildesigns]

Holy shit, I just found a treasure trove of vintage corsets patterns

1900s De Gracieuse Corset Patterns

These corset patterns were taken directly from online editions of De Gracieuse magazine. All boning placement and markings are as they are

Putting the link here so I can find it later.

[sawdust-emperor]

Antique pattern library is fundraising - it's an incredible resource for all sorts of patterns that would never see the light of day if not for them! Including old-fashioned arts that don't have new patterns constantly coming in, and AUTHENTIC patterns DIRECTLY FROM the era you might be looking for! I found art nouveau embroidery in a scan FROM THE ERA, meaning it's as stylistically accurate as it's possible to get!!

Great resource - check it out, and support it if you want!!

[antiquevanity]

Free historical patterns for stays and corsets

Unknown date:

Valencian Museum of Ethnology’s stays with six pannels (unknown date)

18th century:

Stays from the Textile Museum and Documentation Centre of Terrassa (circa 1730s - 1750s)

Valencian Museum of Ethnology’s stays (1770s)

Victorian:

Godey's Lady's Book’s stays (1857)

The Violetta corset (1886)

The Dahlia corset (1888)

Symington corset #341 (circa 1892 - 1895)

Symington corset #31090 (circa 1892-1907)

Symington corset #23050 (circa 1892-1898)

Symington corset #32730 (circa 1894-1901)

Symington corset style #311 (circa 1894)

Symington corset style #2110 (circa 1896)

Edwardian:

The Tulip Corset (1906)

Please note that this post is just a compilation of patterns I have found online on various websites. Some os these patterns were digitally traced after an original -- please respect those who took their time to do this and never claim these works as your own.

I will be updating this list as I come across other antique patterns

[cyclicalaberration]

Hey hey hey hey. Crafters, artists, people curious about yarn shit.

Do you want some interesting Victorian patterns? Want some historical documents? Wanna MAKE LACE?

Boy do I have the website for you!

THE ANTIQUE PATTERN LIBRARY.

It's a website with basically every craft. Macrame, knitting, lace making in fourteen varieties, you want a pattern they've probably got at least one!

[uwmspeccoll]

Fashion Friday – Godey’s Lady’s Book

April is nearly upon us and we are a bit tardy informing our viewers of the appropriate April fashions!  Please be advised that the April 1850 edition of Godey’s Lady’s Book offers suggestions on such dressing needs as opera costumes, morning dresses, and springtime fashions for children.  Convalescent readers are not to be left out--this edition features a full-color fashion plate with the “dress of an invalid” pictured alongside the fashions worn by your opera-going friends. Additionally, readers of Godey’s Lady’s Book this month will be treated to examples of this season’s “lighter and more graceful styles” of the chemisette, also known as a “spencer” or “underhandkerchief.”

If you don’t have time to read the entirety of the fashion plate descriptions, here are the highlights:

Please complete your opera costume with the appropriate accessories: kid gloves and a fan.  

Opera dresses may not be pure white.

Hoods in springtime should be made of a lighter material to protect your hairstyle.

Dressing gowns of printed flannel, cashmere, or chintz ARE still fashionable and no lady should be without one of these comfortable     and convenient dresses.  

“Any lady of good taste and a little ingenuity” can make a pretty dressing gown in an economical manner.  

New this season:

 Embroidered slippers are now fashionable footwear to accompany your morning dress.

Bonnets this season should be tasteful and simple!

Parasols may be fringed. (yay!)

Descending braids are out for children’s hairstyle; it is now fashionable to pin them about the head in the Grecian band style.

If you need further details or instructions, please read the “Description of Fashion Plates” page fully.

Did you enjoy these tips and fashions?  Take a look at our March post featuring Godey’s Lady’s Book fashion advice and fashion patterns...but please promise not to be caught wearing last month’s fashions!

Or view our other Fashion Friday posts.

-- Katie, Special Collecitons Graduate Intern

[ankoku-jin]

Fuckin FINALLY 😭

I think it was @errorcritical (?) who once tagged me in a post where someone had cross-stitched this stag beetle motif, but that person couldn't remember exactly where in the Antique Pattern Library they had found it. The APL has, like, hundreds of scanned patterns, and I have terrible ADHD, so it's taken me AGES to find the damned thing lmao

The source is Le Filet Ancien VII, it also has tons of other cool motifs suitable for filet crochet or cross stitch. (Link to PDF in Source)

[attlebridge]

I’ve seen a number of people referencing antique cutting guides as “pattern books” and attempting to photocopy enlarge the diagrams to sew for their dolls. But it’s not that simple!

Here’s what you need to do to save yourself a headache and get those patterns in the correct size for your dolls. :)