Advice on this sloper?

[Schneiderfrei]

That's a great addititon Gerry.

What is the name of the book please?

G

[Gerry]

That's a great addititon Gerry.

What is the name of the book please?

G

It's called "Textiles on Test : A Study for Distributor and Consumer of the Wearing and Washing Properties of Fabrics and Garments" by J Guilfoyle Williams (1931).

What I posted is the only bit of tailoring advice in the whole book, though. It's a very detailed study on the nature of all textiles used in the clothing industry at the time of publication. Not exactly riveting reading (I've barely looked at it!), but some very good info about cleaning (probably, like I said, I've barely looked at it).

There are a couple of copies going reasonably cheap on uk amazon; but if I have the time this week, and if my scanner plays nice (fingers crossed), I'll make a PDF and put it on internet archive (look out for a link).

[Schneiderfrei]

Sounds great Gerry.

A knowledge of textile properties is a great bonus to any tailor.

I wonder if peterle has this title?

G

[Gerry]

I've scanned a few chapters this morning, Schneiderfrei. Will keep doing a little throughout the next couple of days and upload it. Since recent system and program updates, my scanner and pdf conversion software is temperamental ... so it's a slow process. 

[Schneiderfrei]

No worries,

With luck I will receive a copy myself in a few days.

G

[Gerry]

Link here:

https://archive.org/details/textiles-on-test-j-guilfoyle-williams_202103/mode/2up