Pocket [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… and Bodkin; a Bunch of Keys, a red Leather Pocket-book; a green knit Purse, containing Half a Guinea, […] with two Glass Smelling Bottles.’ 1 1 . Public Advertiser (London), Tuesday March 12th 1754. The list of objects contained in the … attention. Pockets, mobility and fashionable entertainments Because they could hold cash, entry tickets, fans, opera glasses, snuff, patch and bonbon boxes, etuis, or pocket books, pockets contributed to elite women’s active participation … instrumental to female sociability not solely because of what they enabled – a notebook to jot down engagements, a spy glass to look at the stage or the audience from a distance when at a play – but also because of the subtle choreography …
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