Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen

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Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen

British Seamstresses from the 17th to the 19th centuries

Inder, Dr Pam

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

01/2024

328

Dura

Inglês

9781350252967

15 a 20 dias

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List of Plates
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements

Introduction
1. 'The Art and Mystery of Simistry' in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
2. 'Well-handed Needlewomen'
3. The Development of Ready-to-Wear
4. 'Linnen Drapery at Reasonable Rates' 1720-1820
5. Slops and Slop-sellers
6. 'Seam and Gusset and Band'
7. 'Society came and shuddered'
8. Bespoke Needlework
9. Real Lives
10. The Seamstress in Art and Literature
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Image sources
Index
women; sewing; seamstress; linen; cotton; trade; crafts; status; work; skill