View catalog record for a similar pattern book compiled by Rosemary Ursula Gordon, 1934
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Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Madame Jeanne Trois Fontaines was the author of Dressmaking: designing, cutting, and fitting (London: Virtue, 1933) and the principal of the Paris Academy of Dressmaking in London (on Old Bond Street). An article published in the West Australian (Perth) newspaper on February 18, 1930 noted that the school had recently opened and that Mme. Trois Fontaines was an "experienced Parisienne teacher" and that "Students are perfected in the art of design and taught to reproduce models from sight." Students had to be at least sixteen years of age and a full course (45 lessons of 3 hours each) cost 25 guineas. The school was a more genteel establishment that catered to middle-class women, rather than the trade schools or technical colleges that existed at the same time that also taught dressmaking skills (see: Amy de la Haye, The cutting edge: 50 years of British fashion 1947-1997. London: V. & A., 1996.)
Subject Terms:
Gordon, Rosemary Ursula, 1923–2013. | Trois Fontaines, Jeanne. | Paris Academy of Dressmaking (London, England) | Needlework -- Patterns. | Needlework -- Study and teaching. | Tailoring -- Patterns. | Sewing -- Study and teaching. | Dressmaking -- Study and teaching. | Patternmaking -- Study and teaching. | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. | Fashion -- Great Britain. | Fashion design -- Study and teaching. | Lace and lace making -- Great Britain. | Dressmaking -- Patterns.