''The Delineator'' was an American women's magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founded by the

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in 1869 under the name ''The Metropolitan Monthly.'' Its name was changed in 1875. The magazine was published on a monthly basis in

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. In November 1926, under the editorship of Mrs. William Brown Meloney, it absorbed ''The Designer,'' founded in 1887 and published by the Standard Fashion Company, a Butterick subsidiary. One of its managing editors was writer

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, who worked with other members of the staff such as Sarah Field Splint (later known for writing cookbooks ) and

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. The novelist and short story writer,

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served as editor, 1914–19. ''The Delineator'' featured the Butterick sewing patterns and provided an in-depth look at the fashion of the day. Butterick also produced quarterly catalogs of fashion patterns in the 1920s and early 1930s. In addition to clothing patterns, the magazine published photos and drawings of embroidery and needlework that could be used to adorn both clothing and items for the home. It also included articles on all forms of home decor. It also published fiction, including many

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by L. Frank Baum. In the late 1920s, it featured covers by noted fashion artist Helen Dryden. It ceased publication in 1937.

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* Note-The color plates are often not scanned. *
Catalog record
for online issues
Online archive
of cover images
''The Delineator'' (143 issues digitized)
at Cornell University Library
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The Internet Archive

''The Delineator'' (5 issues)'','' part of "An Online Exhibition of Canadian Dress: The Confederation Era (1840–1890)"
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Canadian Museum of History , Musée Canadien de l'Histoire
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