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