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Bodice Pattern

1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Singer Manufacturing Company (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Pattern for a dress bodice panel in glazed cotton edged with machine stitched dark pink cotton braid, on which is printed in purple a graduated pattern for a dress bodice. For the bodice, there is a front, back, front side-quarter, back side-quarter, a straight sleeve and a leg of mutton sleeve.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Textiles
Designs
Object type
Bodice pattern
Materials and techniques
Printed and glazed cotton edged with machine stitched cotton braid
Brief description
Pattern for a dress bodice panel in printed and glazed cotton, Singer Manufacturing Company, England, 1896.
Physical description
Pattern for a dress bodice panel in glazed cotton edged with machine stitched dark pink cotton braid, on which is printed in purple a graduated pattern for a dress bodice. For the bodice, there is a front, back, front side-quarter, back side-quarter, a straight sleeve and a leg of mutton sleeve.
Dimensions
  • Bust circumference: 24in (minimum)
  • Bust circumference: 40in (maximum)
  • Waist circumference: 18in (minimum)
  • Waist circumference: 30in (maximum)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BELFAST ART AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION / GOLD MEDAL & DIPLOMA' (Inscribed in two circles around a coat of arms with a laurel wreath around another circle)
  • 'THESE PATTERNS ARE SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE and can be obtained from any of their BRANCHES OR REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH OUR GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND' (In a rectangle)
  • 'GRADUATED PATTERNS BY HMS ROYAL LETTERS PATENT AS SUPPLIED TO HRH THE PRINCESS OF WALES' [with a Royal coat of arms] (In the top centre)
Credit line
Given by Alina Gribbin
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.259-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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