Bibliography

Drafting Manuals

Mer09

Pearl Merwin. The American system of dressmaking. Kansas City, Mo., The American College of Dressmaking, 1909. URL: https://archive.org/details/americansystemof00merw.

Sto97

Charles John. Stone. Superlative system of cutting ladies’ garments. Chicago, The C. J. Stone co. cutting school, 1897. URL: https://archive.org/details/superlativesyste00ston.

Vin92

W. D. F. (William D. F.) Vincent. The cutters’ practical guide to the cutting of ladies’ garments. London, J. Williamson, 1892. URL: https://archive.org/details/cutterspractical00vinc/.

Miscellaneous

Ban98

Bertha Banner. Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking. Longmans, Green, and co., 1898. URL: https://archive.org/details/householdsewing00banngoog.

Bee79

Beeton. Beeton’s housewife’s treasury of domestic information. London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., 1979. URL: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012088023/.

BF19

Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux. The Pocket — A Hidden History of Women’s Lives. Yale University Press, 2019. URL: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL29481979M/Pocket.

BB16

Ida Robinson Burton and Myron Garfield Burton. School sewing based on home problems. Muncie, Ind., Vocational Supply Company, 1916. URL: https://archive.org/details/schoolsewingbase00burt.

Com05

Butterick Publishing Company. Dressmaking up to date. New York [etc.] The Butterick publishing company, limited, 1905. URL: https://archive.org/details/dressmakinguptod00butt.

Dav96

Jeanette E Davis. The elements of modern dressmaking for the amateur and professional dressmaker : being also a handbook for the use of students and for candidates preparing for the examinations in dressmaking under the City and Guilds of London Institute. 1896. URL: https://archive.org/details/krl00001156.

God40

Godey. Godey’s lady’s book. L.A. Godey, 1840. URL: https://archive.org/details/godeysladysboo00phil.

Mye92

Annie E Myers. Home dressmaking; a complete guide to household sewing. Chicago, C.H. Sergel & company, 1892. URL: https://archive.org/details/homedressmakingc00myer.

Wor40

Workwoman. The workwoman’s guide, containing instructions in cutting out and completing articles of wearing. 1840. URL: https://archive.org/details/workwomansguide00workgoog.

Websites

VM21

Victoria and Albert Museum. Women’s tie-on pockets. 2021. Accessed 2022-04-18. URL: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/womens-tie-pockets.