Lewando's French Dyers and Cleaners, New York, NY.

Lewando's French Dyers and Cleaners, New York, NY.

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Title:
Lewando's French Dyers and Cleaners, New York, NY.
Description:
Staff at Lewando's French Dyers and Cleaners 5th Ave. and 14th Street, New York, NY. "Lewando's French Dying Estab.", "Chanut Paris Gloves", "M. Kaempfer's Moshcowitz Model waist lining and Metalic Whalebone Stays", "Moshcowitz Model waist lining on exhibition free", "Lewando's French Dying and Cleansing Estab." This Metallic Whalebone Stay is an entirely new article designed as a substitute for whalebone It is firm at the girdle and becomes gradually more flexible and elastic toward the ends thus preventing any bulging appearance and securing exact adjustment to the figure Its ends are provided with an eyelet through which they are sewn in and to the casing and effectively hindered from forcing themselves through the garment In other respects its construction is unique combining all the essential qualities conducive to comfort ease and that graceful pliability of figure necessary to perfection in dress fitting Heretofore these results were vainly sought by using various materials such as cane horn but chiefly whalebone which had to pass through the laborious processes of measuring cutting scraping and tapering off at the ends before being inserted into the casing to which the ends had to be sewn. This operation frequently split the whalebone broke the needle and occasionally pierced the fingers of the sewer In addition to these tedious and expensive modes in the cutting and fitting of whalebone experience has proved that as a material it is poorly adapted to the purposes of a perfect stay Under different temperatures it loses its flexibility and continuing bent its sharp ends will pierce the garment This new Metallic Stay has triumphantly conquered all these difficulties with their attendant discomforts and inconveniences which hitherto had to be tolerated for want of a successful substitute Dress makers will immediately recognize its many advantages over all other stays not only from an economical and practical standpoint but also because they will find it in the saving of labor a boon which they have long desired and which will greatly assist them in securing to their customers case elegance and comfort in dress fitting They are produced in lengths from 6 to 14 inches corresponding with the length of scams in any garment. SECURED BY SPECIAL PATENTS Manufactured by M KAEMPFER Office and Salesroom No 82 Fifth Avenue Corner of 14th Street New York City NY." "Printed Directions for cutting basting fitting and making will be found on the face of every Moschcowitz Model Pattern this being one of the exclusive advantages of all the patterns patented by us It is therefore almost impossible with ordinary care to make any serious mistake. It is now superseding all those false methods of cutting by the use of one size tissue paper patterns which have failed to meet the requirements of even a satisfactory much less of a perfect fit. On each part will be found a dash line for cutting and a dotted line for sewing Particular attention is invited to these lines because this is the only lining upon which lines marking the exact direction where the operation of sewing is to be conducted can be printed. The linings which are cut to the one size have no printed indications whatever directing the purchaser how and where the several parts are to be sewn together and therefore in the absence of these printed lines a practiced dress maker is required to mark accurately the line for sewing especially on the darts and where it is necessary to sew in a sloping or an oblique direction upon the precision of which a perfect fit chiefly depends. All necessary requirements of this character are found plainly printed upon the Model Waist Lining the dash line for cutting and within this the still more important dotted line drawn mathematically the required distance from and along the cutting line with corresponding printed figures where the parts should meet and by the help of which the most inexperienced needle woman can correctly join and sew together the connecting parts fitting to a nicety the angles slopes and dart points of every portion of the waist This is an invaluable peculiarity and feature which is not found on any other dress lining in the world and which belongs exclusively to The Moschcowitz Model Waist Lining." Moschcowitz Brothers, printed by M KAEMPFER."
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Watertown Free Public Library
Collection (local):
Watertown Businesses
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship
Brand name products
Industries--United States
Corporation
Incorporation
Business
Commerce
Business enterprises--New York
Commercial buildings--New York City (NY)
Lewando's--New York City (NY)
Places:
New York > New York
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Identifier:
figure 4006