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P3645-28/13 Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, metal/plastic/cardboard/string, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940s - 1950s
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Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, metal/plastic/cardboard/string, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940s - 1950s

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Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, metal/plastic/cardboard/string, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940s - 1950s

Australian version of the Berlei Figure Type Indicator produced during the 1940s or 1950s. It is predominantly constructed in metal which has been painted pink with black text that reads, "Berlei/Figure Type Indicator". The chart was designed to be hung on a wall of a corsetiere. It enabled a fitter to determine the client's precise bust, waist and hip measurements so that she could be fitted with a foundation garment. The chart featured a moveable disc for indicating bust measurement and a moveable pointer for waist measurement. Hip measurement sizes were printed on the border surrounding the moveable disc.

The five Berlei figure types on the moveable disc are colour coded: pink (Hip), bright green (Sway Back) , red (Average), yellow (Abdomen) and light green (Short Below Waist)".
Made: Berlei Hestia Ltd; Sydney; 1940 - 1959
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
P3645-28/13
Production date
1940 - 1959
Height
410 mm
Width
330 mm

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Berlei Archive Collection

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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