These corset patterns were taken directly from online editions of De Gracieuse magazine. All boning placement and
markings are as they are on the original patterns, but the text
notations for those markings were too small to read in the scans, so I
couldn't include them. There is no seam allowance included.
The patterns are presented below in chronological order, with the
original fashion illustration, the full pattern page, and the extracted
corset pattern. Most of these patterns have a finished waist of 22-26".
There
is a word "trielje" that has two possible translations - it's either
glazed linen (specifically mentioned in Dutch sources as a stiff fabric
for undergarments, though I haven't seen it mentioned outside of Dutch
sources), or drill fabric.
Interestingly, French magazine La Mode Illustree, which printed the same patterns as De Gracieuese, translates
it to "coutil", so the Dutch trielje may be their version of French
coutil (though the manufacturing techniques seem to differ.) I've chosen
to use "coutil" as the
translation since this is a fabric most corset-makers will be familiar
with, but it's not 100% certain that it's correct.
Click
on any corset to be taken to its pattern! If I've made a corset using
that pattern, the link will take you to a separate post with the
pattern, and the making-of info.
1881, February - "Corset for Young Women"
1882, October - "Corset for Ladies"
1882, October - "Corset for Portly Ladies"
1884, April - "Satin Corset"
1884, April - "Corset of Coutil"
1885, May - Corset for a Stout Lady"
1886, May - "Riding Corset for Ladies"
1886, October - "Corset for Ladies"
1886, October - "Corset for Stout Ladies"
1887, September - "Negligee Corset for Ladies"
1888, March - "Riding Corset for Ladies"
1889, October - "Negligee Corset"
1886, May - "Riding Corset for Ladies"
1886, October - "Corset for Ladies"
1887, October - "Negligee Corset for Ladies"
1888, March - "Riding Corset for Ladies"
1889, October - "Negligee Corset"