ANTIQUE Butterick Fashion Magazine Delineator Xmas 1897

ANTIQUE Butterick Fashion Magazine Delineator Xmas 1897

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This superb magazine captures all the elegance and sophistication of the late Victorian era and is a fascinating glimpse into the world as it was in the 19th century.

You are bidding for the Christmas Issue of The Delineator, published by Butterick (the same company who made dress patterns) and dated 1897.

The magazine is chock full of fashion drawings, articles, advertisements, recipes, clothing patterns and household tips.

Featured among the black and white illustrations are gowns, hats, children's clothes, embroidery designs, mens and boys clothes.

Profuse illustrations include dressing gowns for men and women, skirt and jacket designs, evening gowns, walking suits and my personal favorite---a ladies golfing suit.

Much of the magazine shows Butterick patterns of the season accompanied by illustrations and extensive descriptive text.

Homemaking tips include a menu for a Victorian Christmas dinner complete with recipes (page 742), articles on lace making and crochet, social manners and customs, embroidery, and much more.

The magazine is filled with advertisements for merchandise related to sewing, fashion, the home, health and other interests.

Ads include Quaker Oats, Ivory Soap, Royal Baking Powder, Larkin Soaps, Rogers Bros., Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Comound (full page), and many more.

Two color chromolithographed front cover with a classical figure sent into an oval framed with plum branches.

This issue is the Christmans Number, Vol. L, No. 6 and there are 71 pages (numbered 617 to 746) plus 36 Roman numbered pages of advertisements.

Covers have darkend, some wear and soiling on edges; paper spine torn; back cover has paper peeling.

Great gift for costumers, historians, designers, the antique or vintage clothing dealer or anyone who likes to sew.

Bidding starts at $50 with no reserve.

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