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Handbook on Dress and Cloak Cutting

Handbook on Dress and Cloak Cutting

by Charles Hecklinger

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About this eBook

Author
Hecklinger, Charles, 1840-1903
Title
Handbook on dress and cloak cutting
Original Publication
New York: Peter De Baun, Printer, 1884.
Credits
Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
Subject
Tailoring (Women's)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 74716
Release Date
November 10, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HANDBOOK ON DRESS AND CLOAK CUTTING,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.PROPORTIONATE SYSTEM. — Table of Sizes. — Table of Sizes for Children.
  4. 4.THE MEASURES. — FIG. 3 AND 4. THE WAIST PATTERN. — THE WAIST, BY MEASURE. — FIG. 5. LARGE SIZE WAIST. — FIG. 6. LOW NECK DRESS WAIST. — FIG. 7. BASQUE PATTERN. — FIG. 8. POLONAISE. — FIGS. 9 AND 10. THE SLEEVE. — FIG. 10. — FIG. 11. SKIRTS. — FIGS. 12, 13, 14. SACK JACKET. — THE SIDE-BODY.—FIG. 13. — THE FRONT.—FIG. 14. — FIG. 15. DOUBLE-BREASTED SACK JACKET. — THE SIDE-BODY. — THE FRONT. — FIG. 16. SACK JACKET. — FIG. 17. SHORT JACKET. — FIG. 18. JERSEY BLOUSE. — FIG. 19. GIRL’S SACK. — FIG. 20. BRAIDED JACKET. — FIG. 21. DOUBLE-BREASTED CUT-AWAY JACKET. — FIG. 22. LADY’S JACKET. — FIG. 23. SINGLE-BREASTED LONG SACK. — FIG. 24. JACKET OR CLOAK—FROM A WAIST PATTERN. — THE BACK: — THE SIDE-BODY. — THE FRONT. — FIGS. 25 AND 26. WALKING COAT. — FIG. 27. DOUBLE-BREASTED NEWMARKET JACKET. — FIG. 28. TRAVELING ULSTER. — FIGS. 29 AND 30. NEWMARKET. — FIG. 31. RIDING-HABIT. — FIG. 32. CIRCULAR. — FIGS. 33 AND 34. RUSSIAN CIRCULAR. — FIG. 35. CLOSED CIRCULAR. — FIGS. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. DOLMAN. — THE FRONT—FIG. 40.

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