Visiting Toilet

Sylvia's Home Journal
1886
Sadly the tissue patterns that would have accompanied these magazines have all long since disappeared but these two illustrations show the effectiveness of using buttons to trim dresses and jackets. The back view is a different outfit, one assumes the front is fairly plain.

Workbaskets

Sylvia's Home Journal
1886

Passementerie Ornaments and How to Make Them

Domestic Magazine Supplement
1866

Case for Keeping Eggs Warm

Domestic Magazine Supplement
1865
The world gone mad obviously!

Design for Round Ottoman or Music Stool

To illustrate the brightness of colour during Victorian times.    Domestic Magazine Supplement      1865

Morning Dress

Domestic Magazine Supplement
1865. I include this only because I love it so much. It's morning and I'm still in my pyjamas!

Black Velvet Headdress

Domestic Magazine Supplement

1864, I have actually made this, it worked well, but I would suggest making the wire bigger than your actual head size because it gets smaller in the making. 😀

Full Sleeve with Pleated Muslin Cuff

Domestic Magazine Supplement 1864

Porte-Jupe, à la Watteau and Pompadour Porte-Jupe

  Domestic Magazine Supplement. 1864