Victorian Bustle Jacket Pattern
from Peterson's Magazine, October 1869
"We give...an engraving of a very desirable jacket
for fall wear. The pattern consists of five pieces. Half of front and half
of back, side-pieces, half of panier, and upper part of sleeve, (the
under part being marked on the paper.) There is a notched on the front to
mark where the seam of the sleeves is placed. A plait is pricked on the
front, so that the casque falls to the figure. The panier is
gathered at the top and sewn on to the back of the waist; the line where the
pricked marks are should also be gathered. The sides of the panier
are fulled in the front at the upper part, both being caught or bunched up
with bows and ends.
The sash is made of the same material as the rest of the mantle. Our model
is of black silk, and trimmed with frills and satin rouleaux.
This jacket takes two yards and a quarter of a material that measures
twenty-seven inches in width."
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