linen-draper

A linen-draper, writing to The Times 4 June 1830, noted that when King George IV took ill, his very successful trade in "coloured silks, prints, ribands, and every kind of fancy and coloured goods" had stopped and he went on to say that "all my hopes are blighted."

Victorian Funerals and Mourning 2008

A linen-draper, writing to The Times 4 June 1830, noted that when King George IV took ill, his very successful trade in "coloured silks, prints, ribands, and every kind of fancy and coloured goods" had stopped and he went on to say that "all my hopes are blighted."

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Her father, who had been dead only two years, was a linen-draper in the city; he had six daughters, of whom herself was the youngest, and only one son.

Cecilia 2008

“Fanny Malvaut,” came to me from a linen-draper on the highway to bankruptcy.

Gobseck 2007

Lucien then ordered linen and pocket-handkerchiefs, a little outfit, in short, of a linen-draper, and a celebrated bootmaker measured him for shoes and boots.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

The next day the bootmaker, linen-draper, and tailor all returned armed each with his bill, which Lucien, still under the charm of provincial habits, paid forthwith, not knowing how otherwise to rid himself of them.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

“Fanny Malvaut,” came to me from a linen-draper on the highway to bankruptcy.

Gobseck 2007

In a carriage once more, bustling about from milliner to linen-draper, escorted back to the carriage by obsequious shopmen or polite owners, Mrs. Sedley was herself again almost, and sincerely happy for the first time since their misfortunes.

Vanity Fair 2006

-- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place.

Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001

Of the sons of Robert Gibbon, (who died in 1643,) Matthew did not aspire above the station of a linen-draper in Leadenhall-street; but John has given to the public some curious memorials of his existence, his character, and his family.

Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994