Victorian split drawers

Lot 383 - A Victorian painted pine chest of drawers

I know what you're thinking. "Ooo, a post on Victorian split drawers? How glamorous! How sexy!" Okay okay, that's probably not what you were thinking. When I first started pondering my next step in my historical sewing endeavor, I mostly wondered, "Drawers? How weird. Split drawers? How do those work? How do those pattern pieces fit together? This is all weird." But after a day of drafting the pattern and putting it together (albeit in a roundabout, redo-things-a-couple-times sort of way), I…

If you have a Civil War dress, you also need all the correct undergarments to go with it. When I first made my dress, I had no clue about the correct 1860's silhouette, so recently I've been filling where I missed. A chemise and a pair of split drawers were the final pieces to complete my outfit. I happened across a pattern for an 1850's - 1870's chemise in the Chapman Historical Museum that Cassidy from A Most Beguiling Accomplishment drew up. I thought it looked fairly simple, giving that…

Drawers Date: 1840s Culture: American Medium: linen (still being used along with cotton)

Jestem zbieraczką ładnie pisząc kolekcjonerką porcelanowych róż... Półkę już kiedyś pokazywałam ale była troszkę inaczej zagospodarowana. Teraz na niej jest tylko babcina porcelana, którą uwielbiam! Różana porcelana to jeden z wielu bzików jakie posiadam! ;) Ściskam!

Split Drawers? Pantaloons? Bloomers? What should we call them? 1869 Split Drawers Made of muslin and trimmed on the bottom with a strip of Nainsook worked in buttonhole stitch in a Grecian pattern, and with six stitched tucks of embroidered Nainsook insertions. Yardage - Approx 2 1/4 yds 45" wide http://www.agelesspatterns.com 1869 Lady's Drawers 26-34 Waist Made of fine dimity, gathered on the under edges and set into a binding, which is ornamented with several rows of stitching and edged…

Style: Vintage Materials: Mahogany Dimensions: Width: 125.5, Depth: 55, Height: 119

Ladies' Drawers Ladies' Chemise

Circa 1860 drawers detail. Originally from ebay; listing expired.

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