{"product_id":"set-of-full-size-sewing-patterns-for-women-sizes-44-60-cover-art-by-v-n-tupikin-rostov-on-don-in-russian","title":"Set of Full-Size Sewing Patterns for Women, Sizes 44-60. Cover art by V. N. Tupikin. Rostov-on-Don. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eНабор выкроек в натуральную величину для женщин с 44-60 размер : [комплект из 8 листов выкроек] \/ художник обложки В. Н. Тупикин.\u003cbr\u003eРостов-на-Дону : Ростовская-на-Дону бумажная фабрика имени Калинина, [б. г.]. Комплект из 8 листов выкроек в натуральную величину, иллюстрированная обложка ; большой формат.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая иллюстрированная обложка. \u003cbr\u003eОбложка - удовлетворительная: значительные потёртости и утраты по краям и уголкам, потрёпанный корешок с осыпанием бумаги. Листы выкроек - хорошее: потемнение и лёгкий фоксинг бумаги по краям сложенных листов, текст и линии выкроек полностью читаемы и без утрат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSet of Full-Size Sewing Patterns for Women, Sizes 44-60 : [set of 8 pattern sheets] \/ cover art by V. N. Tupikin.\u003cbr\u003eRostov-on-Don : Kalinin Paper Factory [\"Uprizdat\"], n.d. Set of 8 full-size (unscaled) sewing pattern sheets, illustrated wrapper; large format.\u003cbr\u003ePaper illustrated wrapper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrapper fair: significant wear and small losses to edges and corners, spine worn with surface loss of paper. Pattern sheets good: toning and light foxing along the folded edges, text and pattern lines fully legible and without loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually complete surviving example of a regional Soviet home-sewing pattern kit, issued not by one of the major Moscow fashion institutions (GUM, ОДМО) but by a provincial paper factory in Rostov-on-Don, reflecting the decentralized, often locally produced character of everyday Soviet consumer goods outside the capital. Unlike Moscow's GUM albums, which supplied reduced-scale (1:10) diagrams that the home sewer had to manually enlarge, this set provided genuine full-size (natural-scale) pattern pieces across eight large sheets, ready to trace directly onto fabric, covering a size range from 44 to 60 aimed at an average-to-larger female figure. An interior \"consultation\" page walks the user through lengthening and shortening the patterns and calculating standard seam allowances, underscoring the practical, self-sufficient character of Soviet home dressmaking, where ready-made garments in a full range of sizes were often unavailable in stores. The cover's tennis-and-seaside vignette, printed over a decorative gold-on-green ornamental border, situates the set within the leisurewear aesthetic of Soviet summer fashion, while the interior figures, drawn in a light fashion-plate hand, show blouses, dresses, and ruffled summer frocks characteristic of the patterns inside. As a working craft object rather than a book intended for preservation, complete surviving sets with all sheets present are relatively scarce, making this an item of interest to collectors of Soviet textile and sewing ephemera, as well as historians of everyday consumer culture in the provincial Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529326784554,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6349.jpg?v=1783024398","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/set-of-full-size-sewing-patterns-for-women-sizes-44-60-cover-art-by-v-n-tupikin-rostov-on-don-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}