Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen
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
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
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women; sewing; seamstress; linen; cotton; trade; crafts; status; work; skill
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
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
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