Dressmaker's form made from 6 yardsticks mounted on an oval wooden base and topped by a paper mache' body with arms to just below shoulder. Mache' is applied in a chevron pattern. Yardsticks show advertizing for the R. E. Ward Hardware in Andover, OH. Maker was business teacher at Willoughby Union High School.
Collection
Women's Clothing
Made/Created
Date made
1935 - 1945
Notes
Date: c. 1940
Made: by donor
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Form, Dress
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Needleworking Equipment
Nomenclature Class
Textileworking T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Height: 77"
Width: 13 1/4" - base
Length: 9 15/16"
