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Printed calico, sample of
Samples of printed calicos, suitable to be made-up into dresses, sent to a potential customer in the 1840s.
Until the end of the 1800s, owing to the general lack of ready-made fashion, shops and dressmakers promoted cloth rather than clothes. Fabrics not frocks would be on show in shop windows.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
20.118.8
Historical Associations
Association Type:
Date: 1840 (circa)
Creation/Production
Period: 1840s
Acquisition
Donation
Material
Calico (cotton)
Location
In store
Classification
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