Fashion illustrations, 1870-1875.

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E. Butterick and Company. Fashion illustrations, 1870-1875.

Fashion illustrations, 1870-1875.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665628

Consists of six fashion plates depicting men, women, and children shown in outdoor scenes wearing clothing that presumably was made from Butterick patterns. Both summer and winter attire are represented. One of the plates is for the "Semi-Annual Report of New York Fashions for Spring and Summer, 1872." It was printed from the "Steampress of Hatch & Co." and "Entered according to Act of Congress, the the year 1872 by E. Butterick & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." Another plate, illustrating four men's suits, is signed "L. Mauer, lithographer of Heppenheimer & Maurer." There are also four chromolithographs showing hats, bonnets, hair pieces, and other women's headwear. It is likely that the plates appeared in the "Metropolitan" or another fashion magazine. Each of the illustrations is labeled "New York Fashions, E. Butterick and Co." Also included is a 35 page sketchbook with pencil drawings of garments for which Butterick and Co. produced patterns. Each drawing has a number that seems to correspond to numbers used in Butterick's trade catalogs. Front and rear views are provided for each article of clothing. Such items as dresses, skirts, jackets, capes, ladies overshirts, overdresses, children's suits, bonnets, bibs, infant night dresses, and boy's dress clothes are represented. A distinction between ladies and misses clothing is made.

11 items : ill. (some col.)

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