Slides for a talk on "Sewing Patterns" delivered at the 2015 MLA. Part of a roundtable entitled "Deep Time of the Nineteenth Century: A Literary Archaeology of Media and Objects."

1. FRONTISPIECE. Drafting a bodice to measure, from Charles Hecklinger's 1886 text book subtitled
How to Cut and Make Ladies' Garments. (Library of Congress.)
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3. 1893 Butterick Pattern

8. Juan de Alcega’s, Book of Geometry, Practice, and Patterns (1580)

9. FIGURE 2. Measurements needed to draft the coat, waistcoat, and breeches o
from Garsault, "L'Art du tailleur," plate 4. (Smithsonian Ins
FIGURE 3. Parts of the three garments in a man's suit, from Garsault,
"L'Art du tailleur," plate 5. Coat: A, front; B, back; C, sleeve; D, cuff; E,
pocket flap; CC, reinforcement for back pleat. Waistcoat: a, front with
pocket flap; b, back; c, sleeve. Breeches: d, front, e, back, f, waistband.
(Smithsonian Institution.)
FIGURE 4. Man's suit, 1769, from Garsault, "L'Art du tailleur," plate 4.
(Smithsonian Institution.)

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17. Facsimile of Butterick Pattern No. 5688

19. Overlaid pattern sheet in Harper’s Bazar

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