mantuamakers

Milliners and mantuamakers were more than mere seamstresses.

Women and Finance in the Early National U.S. 2000

Sometimes milliners and mantuamakers entered into more formal partnerships.

Women and Finance in the Early National U.S. 2000

Seamstresses often developed into milliners and mantuamakers — fancy seamstresses who resold a stock of value-added goods.

Women and Finance in the Early National U.S. 2000

Milliners and mantuamakers could make a “comfortable livelyhood” but, as in other skilled trades, success usually required a lengthy apprenticeship and even formal training.

Women and Finance in the Early National U.S. 2000

Milliners and mantuamakers were part of a women-dominated trade network that distributed goods from New York.

Women and Finance in the Early National U.S. 2000

Pity that hyper-fashionable mantuamakers and milliners were not a little quicker at taking hints from some of our

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

The, girls seamstresses, mantuamakers, and a considerable proportion tailoresses, in Kingston and throughout Jamaica, as situations offer.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

Pity that hyper-fashionable mantuamakers and milliners were not a little quicker at taking hints from some of our

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

Another argument in favour of encouraging lace-making is, that it cannot be usurped by men: you may have men-milliners, men-mantuamakers, and even ladies 'valets, but you cannot well fashion the clumsy and inflexible fingers of man to lace-making.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady

Another argument in favour of encouraging lace-making is, that it cannot be usurped by men: you may have men-milliners, men-mantuamakers, and even ladies 'valets, but you cannot well fashion the clumsy and inflexible fingers of man to lace-making.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady