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Women, Guilds and the Tailoring Trades: The Occupational Training of Merchant Taylors’ Company Apprentices in Early Modern London

Women, Guilds and the Tailoring Trades: The Occupational Training of Merchant Taylors’ Company... This article surveys women’s complex interactions with the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors in London, revealing that women were admitted to the company as apprentices and freemen far earlier than is often recognized and before the introduction of the mantua gown to England in the 1670s. The occupational identities recorded in the company’s apprentice binding books between 1658 and 1688 offer new insights into early modern women’s work, particularly the skills and training that female apprentices were most likely to attain through the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Moreover, case studies show that women built and maintained socio-economic networks in their trades as seamstresses and milliners, which were vital to their success and longevity in trade. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present Taylor & Francis

Women, Guilds and the Tailoring Trades: The Occupational Training of Merchant Taylors’ Company Apprentices in Early Modern London

Women, Guilds and the Tailoring Trades: The Occupational Training of Merchant Taylors’ Company Apprentices in Early Modern London


Abstract

This article surveys women’s complex interactions with the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors in London, revealing that women were admitted to the company as apprentices and freemen far earlier than is often recognized and before the introduction of the mantua gown to England in the 1670s. The occupational identities recorded in the company’s apprentice binding books between 1658 and 1688 offer new insights into early modern women’s work, particularly the skills and training that female apprentices were most likely to attain through the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Moreover, case studies show that women built and maintained socio-economic networks in their trades as seamstresses and milliners, which were vital to their success and longevity in trade.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© The London Journal Trust 2020
ISSN
1749-6322
eISSN
0305-8034
DOI
10.1080/03058034.2020.1810881
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Abstract

This article surveys women’s complex interactions with the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors in London, revealing that women were admitted to the company as apprentices and freemen far earlier than is often recognized and before the introduction of the mantua gown to England in the 1670s. The occupational identities recorded in the company’s apprentice binding books between 1658 and 1688 offer new insights into early modern women’s work, particularly the skills and training that female apprentices were most likely to attain through the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Moreover, case studies show that women built and maintained socio-economic networks in their trades as seamstresses and milliners, which were vital to their success and longevity in trade.

Journal

The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and PresentTaylor & Francis

Published: May 4, 2021

Keywords: Women’s Work; Guilds; Merchant Taylors’ Company; Apprentices; Gender; Occupational Identities; Skills

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