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Treatise On Cutting Garments to fit the Human Form, Containing Forty Diagrams and Designs Reduced to Mathematical Principles, Accompanied by a Periodical Report of Fashions

Author James G. Wilson American
Designer Map after David H. Burr American
Engraver Map by A. Halbert American
1833
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  • Title: Treatise On Cutting Garments to fit the Human Form, Containing Forty Diagrams and Designs Reduced to Mathematical Principles, Accompanied by a Periodical Report of Fashions
  • Author: James G. Wilson (American, active New York 1833)
  • Designer: Map after David H. Burr (American, active, 1829–50)
  • Engraver: Map by A. Halbert (American, active 19th century)
  • Date: 1833
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving (map hand colored)
  • Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 11/16 in. (24 x 18 x 1.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.10.14
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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