Liverpool Fashion. Its makers and wearers. The dressmaking trade in Liverpool, 1830-1940
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- Author(s) Jarvis, Anthea
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1981
- Pages 47pp; illus
- Publisher Merseyside County Museums
- Place Published Liverpool
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with dressmaking and retailing industry with many references to specific businesses such as George Henry Lee & Co and Cripps, Sons & Co. Covers growth in numbers [1,100 businesses by 1895], location, functions, relationship to department stores, products, etc. Little about fashion aspects. Many informative newspaper advertisements as illustrations . Written by Assistant Keeper of Decorative Arts, Merseyside County Museums