Pattern
- Object Name:
- Pattern
- Object ID:
- 1968.049.44
- Creator:
- McDowell Garment Drafting Machine Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1886
- Description:
- Garment Drafting Machine. Five adjustable brass pieces (.04-08) for making dresses, each marked with cutting directions and stamped with maker's name, "THE McDOWELL G.D.M. CO. / 6 W. 14TH STREET, NEW YORK, U.S.A." Also stamped with patent dates for 1879, 1885, and 1886.
1. "Instruction Book for Drafting & Cutting Dresses, Basques, Sacques, Coats &c.," 73rd edition, 1891.
2. Booklet, "The Sleeve, The McDowell Sleeve Machine," 46th edition, 1888.
3. Leaflet, "The McDowell School of Dress-Cutting, Dressmaking, and Ladies' Tailoring," 1893. Stamped "25 Winter Street, Boston, Mass."
4-8. Brass pieces described above.
9. Strip of tin-plated pieces on tape, top and bottom, 9" wide, for accordion pleating.
10. Wooden drafting square with slide on brass strip; tapered at end; stamped "The McDowell Garment Drafting Square, 6 West 14th Street, New York City." 18" long x 7" wide. - Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-12 L-20 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Henry A. Rock family, donor's father.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- Subjects:
- Dressmaking
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