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This Element centres the sartorial hand as a point of connection across the trades which generated fashionable dress in the eighteenth century. It explores how the agency and skill of the stitching hand can inform understandings of craft, industry, gender, and labour in the eighteenth century.

Labour of the Stitch

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/18/2024
      ISBN13: 9781009177696, 978-1009177696
      ISBN10: 1009177699
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element centres the sartorial hand as a point of connection across the trades which generated fashionable dress in the eighteenth century. It explores how the agency and skill of the stitching hand can inform understandings of craft, industry, gender, and labour in the eighteenth century.

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