Stays and Body Image in London. The staymaking trade, 1680-1810

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Author(s) Sorge-English, Lynn M
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2011
Pages 285pp; illus
Publisher Pickering & Chatto
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Based on doctoral thesis. A cultural and social account of stays and staymaking - 'stays were the most important article of women's clothing in 18th century life'. Sheds much light on the stay industry in London in chapters 'Stays trade and production in London' [pp11-61] and 'Stays provision and supply' [pp63-94]