The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 - Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux sew house seven a form of expression that

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Pattern Difficulty: Intermediate

176 pp | 162 color images

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The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 - Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux sew house seven a form of expression thatA New York Times Best Art Book of 2019 This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of womens everyday livesfrom duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomenand to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing womens stories into intimate