Original 1922 Butterick Pattern No. 419 - Girls' Doll's Set

Original 1922 Butterick Pattern No. 419, a girls' doll's set for a 22-inch doll: a dress with bloomers and a matching cap, a bathrobe, and a nightgown. A Butterick "Pattern and Deltor" design, shown in Butterick's Christmas doll pages for the winter of 1922. Complete Nice Condition.

Quick Facts

• Pattern Number: Butterick No. 419
• Year: Dated 1922, found in Butterick Quarterly, Winter 1922–23, Page 84
• Designed For: Dolls 22 Inches Long (14¾" Breast), Size 22
• Views Included: A) Dress with Bloomers and Cap, A-1) Dress with Bloomers, Long Sleeves, A-2) Bloomers, B) Bathrobe, B-1) Bathrobe, Shorter Sleeves, C) Nightgown
• Condition: Complete Nice Condition

Design

Butterick Pattern 419 gives a little girl's doll a whole wardrobe. The dress slips on with front, back, and sleeve cut in one piece, gathered at the neck into a binding and tied with ribbon. It is made with shorter puffed sleeves (View A) or long sleeves (View A-1), trimmed with edging and ribbon bows, and worn over a pair of bloomers (View A-2). View A adds a ruffled cap with a trimming band, tied under the chin. The bathrobe (Views B and B-1) is bound in ribbon, with a patch pocket and a cord tie at the waist, in two sleeve lengths, and the nightgown (View C) has a square neck finished with edging and ribbon. The envelope suggests dimity, pin dot Swiss, or lawn for the dress and cap; cotton ratine or flannel for the bathrobe; and nainsook or lawn for the nightgown. Butterick's Winter 1922–23 Quarterly showed this set on its Christmas page, "Dainty Wee Clothes for the Christmas Dolls," beside a Santa Claus suit and stuffed animal toys. Thirteen pieces, with Butterick's Deltor guide for cutting and making.

Doll Details

Butterick sized this set by the doll's full length, including the head, with a breast measure for each length; the label is printed in English, French, and Spanish (56 centimeters for this size). This pattern is a Size 22, for a doll 22 inches long with a 14¾-inch breast. For this size, View A takes 1¼ yards of 27-inch or 1 yard of 36-inch fabric, View A-1 takes 1 yard of 32-inch fabric, the bathrobe takes ⅝ yard (View B) or ½ yard (View B-1) of 36-inch fabric, and the nightgown takes ½ yard of 36-inch fabric, plus trims as listed on the envelope.