Fabricating Women : The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791

List of Figures and Tables xi List of Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1(22) PART ONE: Making the Goods Seamstresses and the Culture of Clothing in Old Regime France 23(51) From Mending to modes: Trade Hierarchies and the Labor Market 74(39) Tools, Techniques, and Commercial Practices 113(60) PART TWO: Making the Guilds The Royal Government, Guilds, and the Seamstresses of Paris, Normandy, and Provence 173(44) The Tailors and the Seamstresses: Corporate Privilege, Gender, and the Law 217(39) Women's Corporate Self-Government: The Administration of the Parisian Seamstresses' Guild 256(41) PART THREE: Making the Mistresses Career Paths in the Seamstresses' Trade: From Apprenticeship to Mistress-ship 297(46) Marriage, Fortune and Family: The World of the Mistress Seamstress 343(41) Making the New Century: The Seamstresses, fin et suite 384(19) Conclusion 403(14) Notes 417(56) Bibliography 473(22) Index 495