From Bois-L’Evêque, Haute-Normandie, France

Now doesn’t that have a pretty ring to it?

c. 1900…Ebay…

Love the way mannequins convey a sort of historical pause…

 

France c.1890

Obsolete

here

 

France c. 1920

Obsolete here

1stdibs

 

Found Objects of Industry

here

 

Mine…in a state of perplexed re-assembly…

c. 1909

And my little umbrella tuteur…which I love and have

plans for…

More dressmaker forms in earlier posts…

Romance of Metal here

Articulating the Past here

Working Paris here

And of course …what’s a weekend without a movie trailer…

 

Designing a room around a dressmaker form here