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- OBJECT TYPE
- GARMENT/LADIES & CHILDREN'S
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1637.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Choquette, J.H.
- MODEL
- FRENCH ALPHABET SELF TAUGHT DRAFTING SYSTEM
- LOCATION
- Fall River, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 62.5 cm
- Width
- 36.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Choquette
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Fall River
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PATTERN USED C. 1890S+. PAPER GARMENT PATTERNS STILL IN USE IN 2000+
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF SEWING PATTERN USED IN SOME CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY. - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE SIZE AND SHAPE OF GARMENT COMPONENTS PRIOR TO THEIR BEING CUT-OUT AND SEWN TOGETHER. - Technical
-
AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY HOME SEWING OF GARMENTS, HOUSEHOLD LINENS, ETC. WAS BOTH THE NORM AND A NECESSITY FOR MOST, AS THE READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING INDUSTRY WAS STILL FAIRLY NEW (FOR WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S GARMENTS), AND EXPENSIVE. PAPER PATTERNS ALSO ALLOWED FOR THE MAKING OF CURRENT FASHIONS IN SMALLER CITIES & TOWNS WHERE SELECTION OF READY-MADE GARMENTS MIGHT BE LIMITED IN SYTLE, COLOUR, SIZE AND/OR PRICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Pattern piece - body: pattern piece bears instructions for sizing and placement; most markings appear in both English & French text. Markings include the following: "The/ FRENCH ALPHABET/ SELF TAUGHT/ Drafting SYSTEM/ FOR CUTTING/ Ladies and Children's/ GARMENTS./ COPYRIGHTED BY/ J.H. CHOQUETTE,/ Fall River, Mass."; "MEASUREMENT./ measures are required for body of dress viz:-/ Bust measure, length of waist and waist measure./ Taken as indicated in engraving- must be taken/ loose or tight as desired. Hip measures, taken about/ 6 inches below the waist- must be taken loose."; " Entered according to Act of Congress, at Washington,/ D.C., 1889, ‘90 by J.H. CHOQUETTE. Infringments [sic] will be/ prosecuted to the full extent of the law."; " Directions for Using this Chart./ Each alphabet letter on this Chart represents a scale of numbers,/ and in each scale the number corresponding to measurement of the/ person must be dotted. Example in scale A, B. C, D, G. H, dot at bust/ size, then dot at F, at number corresponding under arm length meas-/ ure. At scale E dot at bust size at right angle with under-arm length,/ the dot at I at hip size. Then draft from one dot to another, using the edge of the chart as ruler to give the proper shape. While cutting/ allow space for seam.".
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- OFF-WHITE PAPER PATTERN PIECE; BLUE INK MARKINGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Choquette, J.H., Pattern, after 1890, Artifact no. 1995.1637, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1637.001/
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