1880s De Gracieuse Corset Patterns

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"