A history of the paper pattern industry : : the home dressmaking fashion revolution / / Joy Spanabel Emery.
"Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the full size packet patterns of today, their history and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Bloomsbury,, 2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 pages) :; illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Tailoring and the Birth of the Published Paper Pattern
- Development of Dressmaking Patterns
- Nineteenth Century Technology
- Early History of Pattern Companies, 1860s-1880s
- New Markets and Expansion, 1880s-1900
- Shifts and Balances, 1900-1920s
- Blossoming Economy, 1920-1929
- Surviving the Great Depression, 1930s
- The War Years, 1940s
- Shifting Trends, 1960s
- New Challenges, 1960s-1980s
- Reinvention and Renaissance, 1980s-2010
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Pattern Grids, 1854-1968.