The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.
The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.
The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0562
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Language
English
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Physical content
263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
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...
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Full title
The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-257) and index.
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Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0562
Record Identifier
74VKVejDArNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVejDArNZ
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ISBN
0300239076 hardcover
9780300239072 hardcover
DDC
391.44
MMS ID
991024256990402626
