Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Bequeathed, Lost, Stolen
2. Accounting for the Wardrobe
3. The Pauper Wardrobe
4. Linen
5. Clothing and Conflict
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Terms used to describe clothing in wills proved by the Dean and Chapter Court of York, 1686-1830
Appendix 2. Terms used to describe clothing in lost advertisements placed in the Daily Advertiser, 1731-96
Appendix 3. Terms used to describe textiles in 404 overseers' vouchers, 1769-1837
Bibliography
Index

ELIZABETH SPENCER is a Lecturer in Eighteenth Century and Public History at the University of York. She is also Director of the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past.
Elizabeth holds a PhD in History from the University of York, and has published on women, clothing, and consumption in the long eighteenth century.