Fabricating women : the seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Crowston, Clare Haru, 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Women tailors > France > History. Women dressmakers > France > History. Women in guilds > France > History. Sexual division of labor > France > History. Clothing trade > France > History.

Table of Contents:

Seamstresses and the culture of clothing in Old Regime France
From mending to modes: trade hierarchies and the labor market
Tools, techniques, and commercial practices
The royal government, guilds, and the seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence
The tailors and the seamstresses: corporate privilege, gender, and the law
Women's corporate self-government: the administration of the Parisian Seamstresses' Guild
Career paths in the seamstresses' trade: from apprenticeship to mistress-ship
Marriage, fortune and family: the world of the mistress seamstress
Making the new century: the seamstresses, fin et suite.