Excerpt from Instruction Book for the Standard Tailor System: A Self-Instructor With Object Lessons in the Art of Cutting All Styles of Garments, for Ladies, Gentlemen, Children and Infants The Standard Tailor System consists of a Tailors Square, a set of Thirty-four Scales and Instruction book, also a set of Object Lesson Appliances, consisting of an Object Lesson Square, five Object Lesson Scales and two Object Lesson Rulers. The Tailors Square has joined to its inner edge a set of curves used instead of a compass to obtain curves for outlines, and these curves are lettered in alphabetic order. The square is also marked showing which way the ends of the square are to point, and character on each side of the square indicate which side is to be used, and these are again given in the diagrams to aid the learner in finding the proper curves without study or loss of time. The Scales number from 18 to 51 and show by their numbers, the number of inches they represent, and are, without a doubt, the most comprehensive and complete Scales ever offered to the public. The Book of Instruction contains Object Lessons, Illustrations and Diagrams of ladies gentlemen's, children's and infant's garments. The Object Lesson Square, Scales and Rulers are to aid the learner in self-instruction and together with the Object Lessons to act as the ever ready teacher. The method of teaching by Object Lessons and by Object Lesson Appliances through the Instruction Book is entirely new and a marvel of simplicity. It makes drafting so easy to learn that anyone, even with a very limited learning and moderate ability, can learn to use the system successfully in a very short time. There are no problems to work and nothing to commit to memory, consequently nothing to forget. With the Standard Tailor System all styles of garments can be cut from the daintiest Infants slipper and the most artistic and stylish ladies garments, to boys jackets and men's shirts and pants, making the System complete for family use as well as for the professional cutter. Books giving new styles will be published as often as styles demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Containing 2,729 entries, Kevin L. Seligman’s bibliography concentrates on books, manuals, journals, and catalogs covering a wide range of sartorial approaches over nearly five hundred years. After a historical overview, Seligman approaches his subject chronologically, listing items by century through 1799, then by decade. In this section, he deals with works on flat patterning, draping, grading, and tailoring techniques as well as on such related topics as accessories, armor, civil costumes, clerical costumes, dressmakers’ systems, fur, gloves, leather, military uniforms, and undergarments. Seligman then devotes a section to those American and English journals published for the professional tailor and dressmaker. Here, too, he includes the related areas of fur and undergarments. A section devoted to journal articles features selected articles from costume- and noncostumerelated professional journals and periodicals. The author breaks these articles down into three categories: American, English, and other. Seligman then devotes separate sections to other related areas, providing alphabetical listings of books and professional journals for costume and dance, dolls, folk and national dress, footwear, millinery, and wigmaking and hair. A section devoted to commercial pattern companies, periodicals, and catalogs is followed by an appendix covering pattern companies, publishers, and publications. In addition to full bibliographic notation, Seligman provides a library call number and library location if that information is available. The majority of the listings are annotated. Each listing is coded for identification and cross-referencing. An author index, a title index, a subject index, and a chronological index will guide readers to the material they want. Seligman’s historical review of the development of publications on the sartorial arts, professional journals, and the commercial paper pattern industry puts the bibliographical material into context. An appendix provides a cross-reference guide for research on American and English pattern companies, publishers, and publications. Given the size and scope of the bibliography, there is no other reference work even remotely like it.