MANNEQUIN, FOR DRESSMAKING

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

MANNEQUIN, FOR DRESSMAKING

Entry/Object ID

81.2.1.3

Description

Mannequin - for dressmaking, cast iron pedestal, frame and curved legs with castors, "body" covered with gray cloth and marked "The New Collapsable Shoulder form, Pat. Nos. 1,9,965,202,2,2...5,748, Other Patents Pending, Model 1956-57", iron neck reads "Wolf, Model Form Co. N.Y.". (Note from David Clark 02/16/1998: The original cataloger used "Manikin", but it has 2 different meanings, either a model or a dwarf, but "Mannequin" means only a model, and is the preferred spelling in Websters Dictionary.)

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Dress forms

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Models, Models and modelmaking, Mannequins (Figures)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Models