Pattern for Victorian Lady's Girdle or Belt

from Petersons, Oct. 1860

This new and pretty affair is intended especially for those ladies to whom the short round waist in unbecoming, or for those who object to an untrimmed body. It is laced up the front; the under–point, and the little jacket–piece at the back falling over the skirt; the remainder of the band trims the full, short–waisted body over which it is worn—the points coming up the front and back forming a very pretty outline. The half is cut in four pieces, as shown in the above engraving, from A to B, C to D, E to F. The dotted lines , in our next engraving...form the pleats behind, and the two pieces, AA and BB, should be joined together.
 

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04/22/2006