Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY GOLDSTEIN, of 24 & 26, Whitfield Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Draper's Stand Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of folding dress, or costume,
stands; and consists in making the upper part, or bust, easily attachable to, or
detachable from, the lower part, or skirt, at the hips; by which means, a full
length figure stand can be made by fixing a bust upon a skirt.
The bottom part of the bust is conveniently shaped for making a neat junction
with the hips, any suitable devices, such as pins entering holes, or spring clips, or
spring bars entering sockets, being used to hold the bust securely in its place, while
permitting of its being easily removed, when either, or both, skirt and bust are
wanted apart.
The busts of my improved stand are constructed in the ordinary or any other
convenient way, the skirts being made to fold.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY GOLDSTEIN, of 24 and 26, Whitfield Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Drapers Stand Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of folding dress or costume
stands, and consists in making the upper part or bust easily attachable to, or
detachable from, the lower part, at the hips.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same may be carried
into practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I now describe the same in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as
part of this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation illustrating my invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a clip or fastener.
Both folding skirt A and bust B are made according to the usual and well-known
methods.
To keep the bust in a natural position upon the skirt, I provide suitable clips or
fasteners.
I do not confine myself to any particular fastener, as it is evident that various
devices may be used for this purpose. The one illustrated in Fig. 2 is the one I find
well adapted to the purpose of my invention.
I use three of them, separated by equal (or nearly equal), distances from each
other.
The fastener illustrated in Fig. 2 is a steel bar, one end being a clip by which it
can hold a rib of the skirt, and the other terminating in teeth which the shape of
the main part b of the fastener forces into the fabric with which the bust B is
covered. By these means the practical combination of the two well known and
separate parts, viz-the skirt and the bust, is easily effected, producing a full
length costume stand, while the removal of the fasteners places the use of a separate
bust and a separate skirt at the disposal of the owner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The combination of separate bust and separate skirt by means of fasteners for
the sake of producing a full length costume stand out of two separate pieces each
complete in itself to wit a skirt and a bust, substantially as and for the purpose
described with reference to the accompanying figures.
Dated this 19th day of May 1886.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.