Chapter The catalyst of change. The clothing of the Viennese servants and their relation to fashion in the period 1760-1823

In the eighteenth century, fashion constituted a fundamental criterion for consumption for broader parts of the European (and Viennese) population. This article investigates, through various sources, like probate inventories, fashion magazines and pattern books, the consumption of clothes and access...

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Main Author: Kafantogias, Aris (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
Series:Datini Studies in Economic History
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