{"product_id":"busks-basques-and-brush-braid-pam-inder-9781350242838","title":"Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid: British dressmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries","description":"The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British workers. \u003ci\u003eBusks, Basques and Brush-Braid\u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the trade and the people within it, from their working conditions and earnings to their training, services and relationships with customers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the lives of dressmakers in fact and fiction, the book looks at representations of the trade in the plays and novels of the time, while surveying the often harsh realities of the workers' lives. From the arrival of the sewing machine to the influence of the department store, it explores the impact of mechanization, commercialization and modernity on a historical trade. Pamela Inder illuminates a new world of dressmaking enabled by goods like paper patterns and magazines, and sets out to investigate the increasing monopoly of female dressmakers in an industry once dominated by male tailors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a range of original and hitherto unpublished sources - including business records, diaries, letters, bills and newspaper articles - \u003ci\u003eBusks, Basques and Brush-Braid\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the untold story of the dressmaking trade. Beautifully illustrated with over 80 images, the book brings dressmakers into focus as real people, granting new insights into working class life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pam Inder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350242837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350242838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d","brand":"Pam Inder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944182546687,"sku":"9781350242838","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_712f88dd-ed43-43c1-a65e-b4cbf9445834.jpg?v=1681502270","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/busks-basques-and-brush-braid-pam-inder-9781350242838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}