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Off-White Size 10 Collapsible Dress Form
Wolf Form Company, United States of America, Englewood N.J., 1982.
Linen pinnable body with metal finishings, adjustable height and cast iron base.
University of Alberta (0 090104).
On loan courtesy of the Department of Human Ecology.
Off-white Size 10 Collapsible Dress Form
Wolf Form Company, United States of America, Englewood N.J., 1997.
Linen pinnable body with metal finishings, adjustable height and cast iron base.
On loan courtesy of Meg Furler.
Photographs by Anne Bissonnette©.
FOLOWING THE FIRST AMERICAN LARGE SCALE ANTRHOPOMETRIC SURVEY CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1939 AND 1940, O’BRIAN AND SHELDON PUBLISHED THE NECESSARY DATA FOR CONSTRUCTING A STANDARD SYSTEM OF MANNEQUINS.1 IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT DRESS FORMS 3 AND 4 ARE ROOTED FROM THAT DATA.
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1. Ruth O’Brien, and William C. Sheldon, Women’s Measurements for Garment and Pattern Construction, Miscellaneous Publication No. 454, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., 1941, 1, 42.
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Misfits: Bodies, Dress and Sustainability
Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Josée Chartrand, Meg Furler, Yara Sayegh, and Patricia Siferd co-curators.
April 12 to September 13, 2017
This exhibition is part of the undergraduate course “Material Culture and Curatorship” (HECOL 668) in the Department of Human Ecology
Cite this page (bibliography):
Bissonnette, Anne, and Josée Chartrand, Meg Furler, Yara Sayegh, Patricia Siferd. “Bodice Pattern Grading.” Misfits: Bodies, Dress and Sustainability, Exhibitions, Clothing and Textiles Collection Web site, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, April 12, 2017. [INSERT URL].