Patrimonial Find

Studying another saved piece of my tailor’s legacy; this set of nineteen-forties textbooks containing detailed drawings and instructions on how to build classic and derivative male sewing patterns from measurements.

Two books depicting the post-bellum 'coupe'.

2 Comments.

  1. I especially like how they cover every day commonalities like hunchbacked or crooked body types, showing a trade that was once in favor of its customers instead of against it.

  2. Spiderbeast!