A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XIII.—MAKERS Of TEXTILE GOODS AND ARTICLES OF DRESS
408.—Milliners
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- bonnet blocker
- shapes bonnet crowns by placing damped squares of buckram, net or spartre on wooden block, and pressing heated and shaped aluminium pan over the material; in small workrooms, shapes crown with a hot iron.
- bonnet front maker
- a milliner q.v. who makes up, by hand sewing, trimmings, rosettes, bows of ribbon, etc., for bonnets.
- bonnet maker
- a milliner q.v. who makes and trims bonnets for women and children.
- bonnet shape maker
- as for hat shape maker.
- cap maker, ladies' ; widow's cap maker
- as for milliner.
- copyist, milliner's copyist
- a milliner q.v. who copies model hats and new styles.
- hat shape maker
; wire shape maker
- makes hat or bonnet shapes, of wire (and buckram, when necessary), using wire pliers.
- hood maker
- makes hoods or hats of soft cloth or material, by hand or machine.
- milliner
- makes and trims hats for women and children; sews together different materials, e.g., silk, velvet; makes bows and other fancy trimmings; attaches trimmings, e.g. artificial flowers, bows, feathers, to hat according to style or fashion; work usually all done by hand; often specifically designated by kind of work done, e.g., cap milliner, straw milliner, widow's milliner; cf. milliner (770).
- milliner's assistant
- assists milliner q.v. doing the less skilled sewing under direction.
- modiste
- a milliner q.v. dealing in exclusive models, which are made from original designs or copied from Paris models; cf. modiste (405).
- sample hand
- a milliner q.v. who makes sample hats.
- wire shape maker
- see hat ''shape maker.
- wiring hand
- a worker who sews, either by hand or machine, wire to blocked or other shapes to make and keep them firm.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 