Trying to get some writing done...and so I wind up spending the better part of an hour looking up whether mens frock coats circa 1830s had outer pockets.
I managed to find some online stores that sell patterns and so had some illos, and even a few sites with photos. But the best photos couldn't be enlarged, and the guys wearing the coats were holding their arms in such a way that I couldn't tell.
But. Inner pockets only, and pockets in the coattails, which is weird. But if the back of the coat is split, the man could just pull the tails around so he didn't sit on them...because otherwise it could get danged uncomfortable.
The dumb thing is that the clothes look wrong to me. They look too modern. I'm still expecting to see Colonial-era styles and have to keep telling myself that they would be decades out of date, even for folks in rural Illinois.
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Date: 2008-10-27 01:45 am (UTC)*spent more hours than I care to count last week looking at frock coats*
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Date: 2008-10-27 02:25 am (UTC)But. Inner pockets only, and pockets in the coattails, which is weird. But if the back of the coat is split, the man could just pull the tails around so he didn't sit on them...because otherwise it could get danged uncomfortable.
The dumb thing is that the clothes look wrong to me. They look too modern. I'm still expecting to see Colonial-era styles and have to keep telling myself that they would be decades out of date, even for folks in rural Illinois.