This volume explores the process of production, distribution, and consumption of luxury goods from a gendered and European perspective, filling a gap in the rich historiography of material culture and luxury consumption, and adding to our knowledge of the role of gender and luxury in shaping the modern town. Focusing on political, social and cultural contexts on the European scale and investigating different local cultures of luxury, it interrogates the concept of luxury itself and its shifting and puzzling meanings.

1. Luxury, Gender and the Urban Experience Marjo Kaartinen, Anne Montenach and Deborah Simonton Part I: Markets and Opportunities 2. Milliners and Marchandes de Modes: Gender, Luxury and Skill in the Workplace Deborah Simonton 3. Gender and Luxury in Eighteenth-Century Grenoble: From Legal Exchanges to Shadow Economy Anne Montenach 4. Women in Luxury Trades in Eighteenth-Century Copenhagen Carol Gold 5. Feminisation and the Luxury of Visual Art in London's West End, 1860-1890 Kemille Moore Part II: Metropole and Province 6. Men, Women and the Supply of Luxury Goods in Eighteenth-Century England: The Purchasing Patterns of Edward and Mary Leigh Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery 7. The Luxury Shopping Experience of the Swedish Aristocracy in Eighteenth-Century Paris Johanna Ilmakunnas 8. Gender, Luxury and Fashion in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona Belen Moreno Claverías 9. Gender, Craftwork and the Exotic in International Exhibitions c. 1880-1910 Stana Nenadic Part III: Class and Status 10. A Feminine Luxury in Paris: Marie-Fortunée d'Este, Princesse de Conti (1731-1803) Aurélie Chatenet-Calyste 11. Favourites of Fortune: The Luxury Consumption of the Hackmans of Vyborg, 1790-1825 Ulla Ijäs 12. The "Díszmagyar" as Representation in the Andrássy Family in Late Nineteenth-Century Budapest Zsuzsa Sidó 13. The Luxury They Could Not Afford?: Households of Workers in the Industrial Town of Drammen, Norway c. 1900 Hanne Marie Johansen Afterword Anne Montenach, Marjo Kaartinen and Deborah Simonton

Deborah Simonton is an associate professor of British History at the University of Southern Denmark, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a visiting professor at the University of Turku, Finland.

Marjo Kaartinen is a professor of cultural history at the University of Turku and the director of the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

Anne Montenach is an associate professor of early modern history at Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7303 TELEMME (13094 Aix-en-Provence, France).