Expanding dummy
Crabham and Co.
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1890
Materials
Paint, Steel
Measurements
787 mm (H)82 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1358549
Summary
Black painted dressmaker's expanding skirt dummy, constructed out of steel strips which open like an umbrella when crank handle on top is turned. Fitted at base with folding tri-pod feet. 1890 (circa)
Makers and roles
Crabham and Co., maker