Artistic Ladies' Tailor System

This fantastic book originally published in 1898 shows how to tailor different clothes, how to measure a person and it includes several cuts and grafics. Example from the book "how to take measure": BUST. — Stand behind the lady — this measure is taken over the most prominent point of the bust and well up over the shoulder blades in the back — take this measure easy, "not tight," just so that the tape line will be smooth — put this measure down 1 inch more than the tape line calls for — " do not forget this." [...]