ORIGINAL Antique French MODE ILLUSTREE March 22 1874, Clothing Sewing Pattern
All the photos visible in eBay's photo gallery have a dress, or element of costume you can find on the pattern supplement.
- Robe pour petite fille de 5 a 7 ans
- Robe en tussor ecru
- Robe-princesse pour enfant d'un a deux an
- Toilette en faye noire
- Pelote en forme de bateau
- Pelote pour derouiller les aiguilles
- Mantelet en cachemire brode
- Mantelet en cachemire pour dame agee
- Toilettes de premiere communion en mousseline blanche
- Toilette de mariee en satin blanc
- Dolman en cachemire noir pour dame agee
The pattern looks like a paper sheet with different tracings on top of each other.
A group of tracings with symbols representing the different parts of a dress, a blouse or a vest.
if you have to cut large pieces -like a skirt- you often have diagrams in the margin of the pattern.
Tracings are on both sides.
La Mode Illustree is a French fashion magazine, written in French. eight pages with all sorts of creative ideas, sewing tips, embroidery, lace-making, and often knitting or crochet works.