Tailor's dress-cutting square rule
Name/Title
Tailor's dress-cutting square ruleEntry/Object ID
2018.1.11Description
Double-sided square rule measuring 16” on the shortest side and 22” on the longest side with a curved brass insert connecting the two sides. There are two thin, curved cutouts in the brass insert.Context
Miss Sophie A. Nickerson was a seamstress who managed and taught at a dressmaking school in Providence, RI. At the “Scientific Dress Cutting School,” Miss. Nickerson taught using L.B. Hale’s mechanical tailor system of square measurement, but she also created her own patterning system.Collection
Glee Krueger CollectionCategory
Tools