The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 145
as—for adults, a shirt, chemise,nightdress, and drawers; and an infants barrow, shirt,stays, petticoat, and nightgown. Shirt.—To cut otit an ordinary medium sized shirt,like the annexed pattern at Fig. 251, allow 37 inches inlength for the back and 36 in front, cutting from apiece of linen or… … Front. Back. Fig. 251. Diagram of Medium-Sized Maks Shirt. So place the back and front pieces of the body together asto leave the difference in their length or tail at thelower end. Mark off at the side, from the top, the 9 inchesin depth for the armhole, and divide the remainder belowit into two…
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