At 05:28 PM 2/26/2008, you wrote:
Has anyone researched when dressmakers/tailors first starting putting labels
in their goods? In particular I'm interested in the mid 19th century. I know
House of Worth was marking their goods by the 1890's but I'm hoping for
something earlier.
Beth Chamberlain
I have the book "Fabric of Society: A Century of People and their
Clothes 1770-1870" by Jane Tozer & Sarah Levitt. On pages 111-112
there are pictures of labels in shoes and hats from the late 18th
century. On page 116 there is an illustration of a label in a man's
stock, c. 1840.
Joan Jurancich
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