The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 /
Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, yards of stolen ribbon, thimbles, snuff boxes, a picture of a lover, two live ducks. These are just some of the fascinating things carried by women and girls in their tie-on pockets, an essential accessory throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This first book-length st...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, yards of stolen ribbon, thimbles, snuff boxes, a picture of a lover, two live ducks. These are just some of the fascinating things carried by women and girls in their tie-on pockets, an essential accessory throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This first book-length study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women's everyday lives-from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen, and explore their consumption practices, work, sociability, mobility, privacy and identity. The authors draw on an unprecedented study of surviving pockets in museums and private collections to identify their materials, techniques and decoration. Their use is investigated through sources as diverse as criminal trials, letters, diaries, inventories, novels and advertisements. Richly illustrated with paintings, satirical prints and photographs of artifacts in detail, this innovative book reveals the unexpected story of these deeply evocative and personal objects. |
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| Physical Description: | 263 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300239072 0300239076 |