The Fabric of Life
Time and Textiles in an Eighteenth-Century Plebeian Home
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12877611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ALICE DOLAN (0000-0001-6741-2585, University of Hertfordshire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-374 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Home Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-6315 • E-ISSN: 1751-7427 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175174214x14035295691238 |
| OpenAlex | W1554957114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article presents a new methodology that brings together the life cycles of people and linen with seasonality to explore how these factors affected domestic practice. This juxtaposition enables an exploration of the temporal nature of the home: life cycle and seasonality influenced the work that people did, when they did it, and how much time they spent on a particular task in a year. Temporal patterns are explored through the analysis of linen, an eighteenth-century daily necessity for rich and poor alike. The provisioning and care of linen was an essential domestic task; the whiteness of a shirt signified its owner's respectability. The account book of Richard Latham, a plebeian farmer, is used to develop the approach. Latham, from Scarisbrick, Lancashire, kept an account book from 1723 to 1767. The impact of life cycle and seasonality on the Lathams' domestic practice is explored through the growing, dressing, spinning, bleaching, and washing of linen
Economics · Management · Provisioning · Seasonality · Sociology · Task (project management · Computer Science · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |