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Author:

Spufford, Margaret, author.

Title:

The clothing of the common sort : 1570-1700 / Margaret Spufford and Susan Mee.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xx, 332 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Children's clothing--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Clothing and dress--History--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Poor--Great Britain--Social conditions--17th century.
Clothing trade--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Children's clothing.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
Poor--Social conditions.
Great Britain.
1600-1699
History.

Other Authors:

Mee, Susan (Social historian), author.

Notes:

"Pasold Research Fund." Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-311) and indexes.

Contents:

The clothing of the common sort. The cost of apparel in seventeenth-century England, and the accuracy of Gregory King -- Clothing the poorest: evidence for poor relief records -- Clothing the families of labourers, and husbandmen and their peer groups, leaving goods worth up to ¿100 -- Clothing the families of Yeomen and their peers, leaving goods worth ¿100-¿300 -- Clothing the families of the 'chief inhabitants': evidence from probate accounts with a charge value of ¿300 and above -- Customers and tradesmen -- The clothing of the common sort.

Summary:

"Most histories of costume in early modern Britain concentrate on the clothing of the social elite--on the silks and embroidery worn by courtiers, aristocrats, performers, the metropolitan rich. These are both more likely to have been documented, and more likely to have survived in museum collections. But it leaves out almost all of the clothes worn by almost all of the population. The Clothing of the Common Sort focuses on the clothing of children and young adults of the "common sort" during the period 1570 to 1700--the sons and daughters of "ordinary" people going about their daily lives in towns and villages across England. The study employs a number of innovative sources not previously exploited for the purpose, including probate accounts and inventories. The volume also examines the acquisition of clothing, from purchase of fabric, through production by tailors and 'women with a needle', to payment for ready-made items. In so doing, it uncovers evidence of the myriad tradesmen, craftsmen, artisans and "women with a needle" who were involved in the production and dissemination of clothing and accessories in towns and villages across England in the late 16th and 17th centuries"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Pasold studies in textile history ; 19

ISBN:

9780198807049
019880704X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)972802147

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)