{"id":70212,"date":"2004-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-makes-largest-collection-of-clothes-patterns-available-on-cd\/"},"modified":"2004-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"uri-makes-largest-collection-of-clothes-patterns-available-on-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2004\/07\/uri-makes-largest-collection-of-clothes-patterns-available-on-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 makes largest collection of clothes patterns available on CD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — July 13, 2004 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 maintains the largest collection of clothing patterns in the world. Many of the patterns cannot be found anywhere else. Until now, that is. <\/p>\n


\nAfter more than a decade of recording and categorizing 20,000 patterns and scanning the front and back of each package into an electronic data base, Joy Emery, professor emerita of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Theatre Department and former adjunct professor of textiles, fashion merchandising and design, and her cadre of volunteers have created a two-volume CD set containing patterns dating from 1868 to 1956. The set is available for purchase.<\/p>\n


\n“There is such a wealth of history here. All of these patterns are expressions of their time period and reflect the society that they were made in,” said Emery, noting that theatrical designers, clothing manufacturers, social historians, and museum curators can use the information to recreate a time and place or to date clothing in collections. <\/p>\n


\nIt is not unusual for a pattern company to contact Emery since companies routinely destroyed their \u201coutdated\u201d patterns. <\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s CD contains patterns from the Betty Williams Pattern Collection, which is housed in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Library. Williams was a New York costumer and a pioneer in dressmaker pattern research. All patterns in the collection were donated to the University, the largest gift\u201412,000 patterns, came from the Williams estate.<\/p>\n


\nThe patterns, which have been designated a project of Save America’s Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, represent 60 different pattern companies and include such high style couturiers as Dior and Vionnet. Women\u2019s dresses, bathing suits, silk bloomers, men\u2019s suits, and children\u2019s sailor suits are among the many entries.<\/p>\n


\nThe oldest dressmaker pattern in the archive is a Demorest pattern published in Frank Leslie’s Ladies Gazette of Fashion in 1854. The early patterns had no printed markings or directions as it was assumed that women knew the skill of sewing. Although clothes were sewn by hand, the availability of sewing machines created a demand for more patterns.<\/p>\n


\nDuring the Great Depression and World War II, pattern companies grew as homemade clothing became a cheaper alternative to manufactured clothing. Patterns suggested how to recycle feed bags as clothing or how to turn a man’s suit into a woman’s suit under the motto of “Made do and make mend.” Changing trends can also be traced through the patterns, such as the evolution of women in pants and Hollywood’s influence on style.<\/p>\n


\n\tEmery, the collections\u2019 curator, has donated her own vast collection of patterns to the 溏心vlog免费B站 collection, including those donated to her by friends and acquaintances who found them at yard sales, flea markets, in theirs or their relatives attics and cellars.<\/p>\n


\n\tEmery\u2019s work is not done. The curator is busily categorizing patterns from the 1960s.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe CDs are available individually or as a set. One CD covers 1868 to1944, the other covers 1945 to 1956. Each CD costs $100. The set costs $150. Anyone interested should contact Emery<\/a> at 401-874-2713. Visit the Commercial Pattern Archive<\/a> website for more information.
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