Metropolitan Fashions of the 1880 From the 1885 Butterick Catalog. With the invention of the sewing machine in the 1840s, seamstress were able to quickly assemble a garment. But it wasn't until 1863, when Ebenezer Butterick and his wife first introduced paper patterns--graded according to size--that women finally were able to create well-fitted, fashionable clothing easily and accurately. For more than a century, the Butterick Publishing Company has been one of the major producers of clothing patterns in the United States and Great Britain. This authentic archive of apparel offered by the company in the late nineteenth century will not only serve as a handy reference for fashion historians and designers, but will also delight needlecrafters, costume enthusiasts and anyone fascinated by the Victorian era. By the Butterick Publishing Company. Paperback, 92 pages.