Dressmaking Collection

Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Women making dresses at the Y.W.C.A during World War I. One dress has a striped skirt and star-patterned top which resembles an American flag.

"The Industrious Needlewomen" - painted by M. Trayer - from the Exhibition of French Artists, 1856. We are happy to learn that the Exhibition which has been opened in Liverpool

Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Learning dressmaking, 1904

A group of Mrs. Ida E. Gladden's advanced students in dressmaking, Greenville, S. C. 1902. Creator: Unknown
A group of Mrs. Ida E. Gladden's advanced students in dressmaking, Greenville, S. C. 1902

Pattern making, 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Pattern making, 1900

Pattern making, 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Pattern making, 1900. A group of school children cutting paper into leaf shapes, as their teacher looks on. In pamphlet: The new education illustrated

Printed Quilt Patterns, 1935/1942. Creator: Maud Schmid
Printed Quilt Patterns, 1935/1942

Spechio di pensieri delle belle et Virtudiose donne, 1546. 1546. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Spechio di pensieri delle belle et Virtudiose donne, 1546

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 8 (verso), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 8 (verso), 1563

The "Duke of Portland", Emigrant Ship, for Port Phillip, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The "Duke of Portland", Emigrant Ship, for Port Phillip, 1850. Sailing ship leaving Gravesend in Kent with settlers bound for Australia

Printed Cottons (from Quilt), c. 1937. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Printed Cottons (from Quilt), c. 1937

The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th century. God warning Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge

The Divided Skirt, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Divided Skirt, 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons

A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899

Dresses, possibly made by students in a Washington, D.C. school, on display, (1899?)

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 30 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 30 (recto), 1563

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 5 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 5 (recto), 1563

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 4 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 4 (recto), 1563

Tripod Vessel with Squared Handles, Wheel Patterns... Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Tripod Vessel with Squared Handles, Wheel Patterns at Neck, Northern Song (960-1127) or Jin dynasty (1115-1234), c. 12th century

Printed Quilt Patterns, 1935 / 1942. Creator: William P. Shearwood
Printed Quilt Patterns, 1935/1942

Printed Cotton, c. 1937. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Printed Cotton, c. 1937

Cotton Prints, c. 1937. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Cotton Prints, c. 1937

Table Pin Cushion, 1939. Creator: Grace Halpin
Table Pin Cushion, 1939

Quilted and Pieced Coverlet, c. 1938. Creator: Cora Parker
Quilted and Pieced Coverlet, c. 1938

Essempio di recammi, page 15 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 15 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 12 (verso), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 12 (verso), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 12 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 12 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 10 (verso), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 10 (verso), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 13 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 13 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 17 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 17 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 11 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 11 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Essempio di recammi, page 9 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 9 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Cotton Prints, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Cotton Prints, 1935/1942

Printed Cotton, c. 1938. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Printed Cotton, c. 1938

Printed Cottons from Quilt, c. 1939. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Printed Cottons from Quilt, c. 1939

Cloth Samples, c. 1940. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Cloth Samples, c. 1940

Cotton Prints, c. 1939. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Cotton Prints, c. 1939

Attire, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Attire, late 18th-early 19th century

Spanish Seamstresses, 1919. Artist: James Kerr-Lawson
Spanish Seamstresses, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Senior dressmaking class, Ackmar Road Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. With instructions on the blackboard for cutting and basting canvas on coat fronts

Dressmaking class, Hammersmith Trade School for Girls, London, 1911. Girls seated around tables sewing. A girl in the centre is attending to a dress on a mannequin

The finishing touches of a dressmaker, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A fabric pattern. 1843. From Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw (London, 1843)

Japanese dressmakers

Models at a great dressmakers, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Models at a great dressmakers, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Trying on a dress at a great dressmakers, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Trying on a dress at a great dressmakers, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

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