The Clements Library website includes events, exhibits, subject guides, newsletter issues, library staff, and more.

William Clements Library Adopt a Piece of History Bookplate

Advanced Studies for Those Using the Dressmakers’ Magic Scale (1888)


Adopted by Laura and Clifford Craig

In memory of Emma Ida Shultz Seel, Laura’s grandmother and talented seamstress.

This pamphlet offers guidance for those using a contraption called the Rood Magic Scale, a device to assist dressmakers in cutting patterns to scale.