Clothes of the Common People In Elizabethan and Early Stuart England
Volume 7: Who Wore What and When (Part 1).
Clothing Acquisition, Regional and Ethnic Variations, Maintenance and Sewing Equipment
Contents:
| Chapter | Title | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Clothing Acquisition | Acquiring the Components | 3 |
| Middle Class Clothes | 5 | |
| Labouring Class Clothes | 8 | |
| The Dependant Poor | 12 | |
| Imported Clothes | 18 | |
| Second Hand Clothes | 19 | |
| 2: Duration and Quantity | ||
| How long did clothes last? | 22 | |
| How much clothing did they have? | 26 | |
| 3: Ethnic Minorities | 28 | |
| 4: English Variations | ||
| English Regional Variations | 36 | |
| The Rural-Urban divide | 37 | |
| The Military-Civilian divide | 38 | |
| Holiday Clothes | 39 | |
| Nightwear | 42 | |
| 5: Repair and Maintenance | ||
| Washing | 44 | |
| Repair | 47 | |
| 6: Sewing Equipment | ||
| Pins | 49 | |
| Needles | 50 | |
| Thimbles | 51 | |
| Awls and Bodkins | 52 | |
| Scissors and Shears | 53 | |
| Irons | 54 | |
| Marking out | 56 |
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