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...
Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
| Prif Awdur: | |
|---|---|
| Fformat: | Electronig Pennod Llyfr |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
| Cyhoeddwyd: |
Florence
Firenze University Press
2022
|
| Cyfres: | Datini Studies in Economic History
2 |
| Pynciau: | |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
| Tagiau: |
Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
|
| Crynodeb: | 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 accessories of female servants in the period 1760-1823 and associates it with debates on their appearance at the time. It compares their wardrobes to those of a broad part of the Viennese female middle-class population, and examines the relation of their wardrobes to fashion, notably in the period of the emergence of Viennese fashion. Finally, it investigates whether female servants could function as intermediaries of the prevalent fashion between the elites and this middle stratum, and, consequently, as trendsetters for this group. |
|---|---|
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 electronic resource (39 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-5518-565-3.15 9788855185653 |
| Mynediad: | Open Access |