Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen
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Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores how the jobs of the ''seamstress'' evolved in scope, and status, between 1600-1900.
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men''s shirts, women''s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisi...
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men''s shirts, women''s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisi...
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Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores how the jobs of the ''seamstress'' evolved in scope, and status, between 1600-1900.
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men''s shirts, women''s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisi...
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men''s shirts, women''s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisi...
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