Patterns found folded inside a lining
Paper patterns were often kept where they were out of the way — which is why they survived.
Three patterns in the display were found folded inside the lining of another garment. This is not unusual: paper was put where it would not crumple or get lost.
They were flattened gradually in a humidity chamber, because along the folds the paper had grown brittle over the decades. One of the three carries a pencilled size — the only trace of whom the garment was made for.
