I've studied the Gunston Hall probate inventory database for late 18th-early
19th century, and a friend shared some New England inventories from the same
time. But it is frustrating in that there aren't that many women listed. Also,
for both men and women, the enumerators sometimes didn't make
In response to the original question I believe the question is too broad
for a reasonable quality of research results. For example -
* which country? In the US in the 19 century would have been seen
differenences between East and West coasts. In Europe tremendous
differences exist between
And for the 19th and 20th centuries, manuals of wardrobe advice and
articles about it in fashion magazines.
Fran
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On 10/8/2014 7:27 PM, Heather Rose Jones wrote:
Wills are often a great place to research this type of
manuals of wardrobe advice
Oh, yes. I used to collect these. One that told what a young woman should take
to college, for example.
Ann Wass
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