40 Bust - 28 Waist

This gown for a middle-aged lady was made of violet wool, with folds of black satin headed by narrow jet gimp on the skirt, and a black satin vest and belt.

Yardage - 6 1/2 yds wool 48" wide, 3 1/4 yds satin 36" wide

$20.25

1140 - Carrie Crowder

42 Bust - 34 Waist

This adjustable bodice for a matron is made with a coat back and shorter jacket front opening on a vest that is gathered to a velvet yoke. In the model, the gown was made of dark blue serge and velvet, with fawn colored bengaline for the vest and revers.  The skirt is draped in a few folds on the hips and is trimmed around the bottom with nine narrow bias rolls of velvet, set on in three groups of three rows each.  Pattern consists of plastron, vest, jacket and skirt.

Yardage - 6 yds woll 48" wide, 1 1/2 yds bengaline 45" wide

$13.25

1227 Louis Seymour                           1227 Karolyn Simpson