Historical Pattern Archive: Women’s Clothing 1837-1969

This book includes a good selection of patterns for 1840/50/60/70/80's that gives a really good idea of how dresses were made. You should be able to find these same these dresses in museum books, or Art of Dress, 300 Years of Fashion, Fashion in Detail, that provide color combinations and fabrics used during the time. This book helps makes sense of Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion books.Thank you to the authors for preserving a bit of history.