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The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660 - 1900
The Pocket A Hidden History of Women's Lives 1660 1900
Author: Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300239072
ISBN-10: 0300239076
Publication Date: 5/28/2019
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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