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The Eighteenth-Century London Upholder: A New Domestic Commerce

The Eighteenth-Century London Upholder: A New Domestic Commerce

Sanders, Steven

Hardcover

Art HistoryGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 3032086590
ISBN13: 9783032086594
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 3 2026
Pages: 209
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
This book examines London's eighteenth-century upholding trade. Primarily providing household furniture and upholstery goods and services at the beginning of the century, by mid-century upholders provided stylish and fashionable residential interior furnishings, funeral undertaking, and a secondary market for used household goods. Upholders were at the forefront of the development of Britain's material culture, and were important contributors to London's economic and social fabric. Providing context to the social and business lives of upholders, the author surveys key themes including apprenticeship, livery companies, empire, material culture, consumerism, taste and fashion, advertising, and credit. The book also explores how upholders came to dominate the funeral undertaking business, and integrated brokering, appraising, and auctioneering into their businesses.

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