Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linenby Inder, Pam; English | 2024 | ISBN: 1350252964...
Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores how the jobs of the \'seamstress\' evolved in scope, and status, between 1600-1900.
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men\'s shirts, women\'s chemises, underwear and baby linen; some...