Useful Books & Links Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion: English Women's Dresses and Their Construction, c.1660-1860. New York: Drama Book, 1984.

Bradfield, Nancy. Costume In Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930. Plays, Inc., 1985.

Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Women's Clothes. New York: Routledge, 1968.

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Pattern For patterning and construction, I mainly referenced the 1780-1790 gown on pages 42-43 of Patterns of Fashion 1, and Diagram XXII of the Robe a l' Anglaise gown in The Cut of Women’s Clothes. I also spent A LOT of time staring at extant dresses to get a good understanding of the construction and placement for the back seams, shoulder seams, sleeves, etc., and altered my existing 18th century block pattern to reflect these lines.