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some 15th century occupations: chainmail-maker, bridle-maker, clerk, tailor, spice dealer, butcher, cutler, bird-catcher

from the "hausbuch der mendelschen zwölfbrüderstiftung", vol. 1, nuremberg (bavaria), 1426-1549

source: Nuremberg, Stadtbibliothek, Amb. 317.2°, fol. 10r, 14r, 62r, 67r, 75r, 83v, 95v, and 99r

Thomas Jennings was a free man born in 1791 in New York City. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry cleaning process. In his early 20s Thomas Jennings became a tailor, and later opened a dry cleaning business in the city. As a tailor. Jennings' skills were so admired that people near and far came to him to alter or custom tailor items of clothing for them. Eventually, Jennings reputation grew such that he was able to open his own store on Church street which grew into one of the largest clothing stores in New York City. While running his business Jennings developed dry-scouring. He had many customers complain of their clothes being ruined by stains and so he began experimenting with cleaners and mixtures that would remove the stains without harming the material. He earned a large amount of money as a tailor and even more with his dry scouring invention and most of the money he earned went to his abolitionist activities. In 1831, Thomas Jennings became assistant secretary for the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, PA. Thomas L. Jennings Dry Scouring technique created modern day dry cleaning. Jennings was fortunate that he was a free man at the time of his invention. Besides all the other indignities and cruelties slaves had to face, they were also ineligible to hold a patent. Under the US patent laws of 1793 a person must sign an oath or declaration stating that they were a citizen of the USA. While there were, apparently, provisions through which a slave could enjoy patent protection, the ability of a slave to seek out, receive and defend a patent was unlikely. Later, in 1858, the patent office changed the laws, stating that since slaves were not citizens, they could not hold a patent. Furthermore, the court said that the slave owner, not being the true inventor could not apply for a patent either. Thomas Jennings died in New York City in 1856.

Heres an attack I did for NicNocks (on art fight) of their dwarf Gabby!! She has such a fun whimsical design I absolutely fell in love with her 🧵🧡🪡

I have so many revenges to do but imma get there!

Part 1 of the compilation of stills (minus the 3D) from the lyric video I made earlier this year!

Pleased to introduce Nepture, a regular, normal tailor! Why do they have a big lance? Well, traveling isn't safe for poor little merchants, of course! You wouldn't want anything to happen to their poor, helpless self, would you?

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Capybaras are valued customers.

Via @RhetoricalHype

"De Lobo y Negra, Chino," Mexico City, circa 1775, oil on copper. An 18th century tailor of Black and Indigenous descent, his Black wife, and their child, in the exhibit Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America.

Sign in a tailor's window, 1944.

Photo: Irving Penn via Art Institute of Chicago

One thing I haven't seen anyone talk about much is how abysmally rude Garak is to his customers. He has the worst customer service ethic I have ever seen in my life. He gets confrontational and argumentative with them. He flings Morn's pants at him. He gets super sarcastic with Quark about his lapels. It really makes me wonder about Cardassian customer service in general. Is Garak typical for a Cardassian in the customer service field? Is he being rude and argumentative because that's how Cardassians flirt and he's trying to put his customers at ease? Or is this a symptom of the fact that he hates the circumstances of his life and kind of wants to punish everyone for his reduced station? Did his years as the second most powerful person in the Cardassian Union make him feel like he deserves better than to be talked down to by a Ferengi bartender? I feel like there's a case to be made for all of these scenarios.

An exercise i do for PT is standing on my toes

.... After three weeks of using a sewing machine i have made so much improvement on my right foot and i absolutely did not expect that but i'm so very happy about it 😂

t h e s i l e n c e o f t h e l a m b s, 1991 🎬 dir. jonathan demme 'Tailor'

Pure cashmere overcoat and flannel suit 🇮🇹