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2. Butterick Publishing Company - Wikipedia

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   Both magazines were aimed at women and served as a means to sell Butterick paper patterns via mail order. [2] [3] In 1873, the two magazines were merged into a single publication, The Delineator. The magazine served as a marketing tool for Butterick patterns [4] and discussed fashion and fabrics, including advice for home sewists. [5]

3. Ebenezer Butterick - Wikipedia

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   The Butterick family began selling their patterns from their Sterling, Massachusetts, home in 1863, and the business expanded so quickly that, in one year, they had a factory at 192 Broadway Street in New York City. At first producing only boy's and men's clothing patterns, the Buttericks expanded to dresses and women's clothes in 1866.

4. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   The first major manufacturer to offer tissue paper sewing patterns in graduated sizes was Ebenezer Butterick, a Massachusetts tailor. [2] Butterick launched The Butterick Company in 1863 to create heavy cardboard templates for children's clothing. Butterick's innovation was offering every pattern in a series of standard, graded sizes. Members ...

5. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Ebenezer Butterick invented the commercially produced graded home sewing pattern in 1863 (based on grading systems used by Victorian tailors), originally selling hand-drawn patterns for men's and boys' clothing. In 1866, Butterick added patterns for women's clothing, which remains the heart of the home sewing pattern market today. [9]

6. Dickey (garment) - Wikipedia

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   Women's dickeys were made from cotton or rayon and embellished with embroidery, lace, jabots, and ruffles. They were priced between $2 and $3 at the time. [3] Patterns for women's dickeys can also be found dating to 1944, with Butterick's patterns providing eight variations on the dickey. [4]

7. Pattern grading - Wikipedia

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   American women could obtain a paper pattern custom made by a dressmaker or could purchase a pattern through a women's journal. [citation needed] The advent of large-scale production of graded, practical and easier to use sewing patterns came in 1863. Ebenezer Butterick mass-produced patterns printed on tissue paper. [7]