Delineator Magazine - 1888 "Ladies Top Garments"

<B>This group is coats, cloaks, wraps. They must have been made of heavy fabrics and weighed a ton. Suggested fabrics are wools and velvets. And the trims were ribbons and silks. I can't imagine they were very practical in rain or snow. </B><p> <a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-6.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-6.jpg" width="400"></a><br>These are labeled 434, 435, 436, 437.<br> The "Ladies Wrap" shown in 434, Butterick 2379 is below.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-32.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-32.jpg" width="400"></a><br>The "Ladies Walking Skirt" with 434 is Butterick 2349.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-40.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-40.jpg" width="400"></a><br>Number 434 is "Ladies Irish Peasant Cloak" Butterick pattern 2362.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-28.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-28.jpg" width="400"></a><br>In 436 we see a "Ladies Cloak" with subtle differences, Butterick 2365. <br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-27.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-27.jpg" width="400"></a><br>For 437 it's Butterick 2386, a "Ladies Wrap" with otter fur trim.<br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-30.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/Delineator%20Nov%201888/DelineatorNov1888-30.jpg" width="400"></a><br>

Delineator Magazine - 1888 "Ladies Top Garments"

This group is coats, cloaks, wraps. They must have been made of heavy fabrics and weighed a ton. Suggested fabrics are wools and velvets. An...

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