Demorest, Ellen Louise Curtis — ▪ American businesswoman née Ellen Louise Curtis born Nov. 15, 1824, Schuylerville, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 10, 1898, New York, N.Y. American businesswoman, widely credited with the invention of the mass produced paper pattern for clothing.… … Universalium
Butterick patterns — A pattern company founded by Ebenezer Butterick (American) in 1863. Initially, he manufactured patterns for men s shirts and childrenswear, and added women s patterns by 1866. Butterick is credited with being the first pattern producer to… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Ellen Louise Demorest — (nee Curtis) (1825 1898) was a US fashion arbiter. She was a successful milliner who widely credited for inventing mass produced tissue paper dressmaking patterns. With her husband, William Jennings Demorest, she established a company to sell the … Wikipedia
William Jennings Demorest — (aka W. Jennings Demorest) (1822 1895), from New York City, was an American magazine publisher, national prohibition leader, and, in collaboration with his second wife, Ellen Demorest, nee Curtis, attained international success from his wife s… … Wikipedia
Mme. Demorest — Founded by the American Ellen Curtis in 1853, this company was the first commercial pattern company in the United States. Demorest s patterns were initially only offered in one size for women, men, and children, with no instructions on how to… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Pattern (sewing) — In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is an original garment from which other garments of a similar style are copied, or the paper or cardboard templates from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric before cutting out and assembling … Wikipedia
C. B. J. Snyder — Snyder in his office, ca. 1900 Charles B. J. Snyder (1860–1945) was a prolific American architect, architectural engineer, and mechanical engineer in the field of urban school building design and construction. He is widely recognized[1] for his… … Wikipedia
Pattern — A pattern is a two dimensional diagram of a garment drafted by a patternmaker that is subsequently cut and sewn in fabric. The history of patternmaking can be traced as far back as the thirteenth century with the introduction of form fitting… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Southeast Conference, United Church of Christ — The Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ is the regional body of the United Church of Christ within the states of Alabama, northwestern Florida (except the area around Pensacola), Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee … Wikipedia
Bibliography — As the scope of the dictionary entries and extent of this bibliography make clear, there is a huge range of literature on shamans, from introductory works, general discussions on such topics as definition, and culture specific ethnographic… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
