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Butterick offered an infant's undershirt and a child's shirt. This suggests that these garment were won by both boys and girls. We're not sure just how the word shirt was used in the 1870s. worn here I am not sure if the word shirt conveys the idea of modern undershirt. It does not look like a garment worn without a garment over it. Butterick marketed this tucker in both New York and London.
Butterick was founded by Ebeneezer Butterick, a taylor in Stirling, Massachusetts during the Civil War in 1863. He revolutionized the home sewing when he created graded sewing pattern. The inspiration was his wife Ellen who complained that it would be eassier to sew with a pattern. . We do not yet have any of the earliest patterns. We do have a 1900 pattern for a 1900 fancy Fauntleroy blouse. The company continues to be a major force in home and still offers patterns for home sewing. The company in itspromotional literature says that it continues to lead the way in make-it-yourself fashions. I'm not sure just when Butterick began marketing patterns.
Butterick marketed these bibs in both New York and London. The fashions I believe are American, but at the time American fashions were very strongly influenced by English fashion. I think the reason that Butterick was selling the patterns in England is not that the fashions were particularly appealing, but that England at the time did not have such useful patterns ad sewing instructions.
Butterick offered an infant's undershirt and a child's shirt. This suggests that these garment were won by both boys and girls. We're not sure just how the word shirt was used in the 1870s. worn here I am not sure if the word shirt conveys the idea of modern undershirt. It does not look like a garment worn without a garment over it. Also note that boys and girls seem to have worn the same style of undershirt and shirt.
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