metal gilding, and the most beautiful China black. Sells the true and perfect Indian Crimson, whose Indian father gave him the secret before his death For craftsmen, repairs were an important part of their business activity, particularly for the use of porcelain from India and furniture from China. The same goes for second-hand goods (known as ‘hazard’): Perfectly puts back together Porcelains, as well as all sorts of Indian figures, however […] broken or damaged they are. he also cleans and puts back together those [Chinese furnishings] in old lacquer. Shop and a considerable assortment of platters, plates and vases in old Saxon porcelain, and other effects in gilded bronze, rare, curious and precious Japanese porcelain in different sorts of hazard were part of the same reality, without a similar advertising language. Shopkeepers’ ledgers Take Indian fabrics, for example. Calicoes and printed cotton fabrics were to be found in all households, used for beds, screens, seats, curtains or drapes. In the Marquis of Trémouville’s also had cotton printed A gilder hôtel particulier, servants’ rooms beds (‘lits en indiennes’). bought printed cotton quilts and curtains; a lawyer at the bought a six-piece paper Châtelet screen from India and so on. However, at the de six feuilles en papier des (‘paravent Indes’), same time, calico remained a distinctive sign, appreciated by aristocrats (dressing gowns, dresses and so on). As for other goods, producers and merchants managed to provide products for various niche markets (in quality, in price) and constantly developed new specific markets. Shopkeepers played a major role in diffusing new modes of consumption. Thanks to a wide range of choice and to their reactivity, they actively participated in the dissemination of Indian and Chinese goods. People became comfortable with these novelties, a key issue for understanding eighteenth-century consumer culture.
metal gilding, and the most beautiful China black. Sells the true and perfect Indian Crimson, whose Indian father gave him the secret before his death For craftsmen, repairs were an important part of their business activity, particularly for the use of porcelain from India and furniture from China. The same goes for second-hand goods (known as ‘hazard’): Perfectly puts back together Porcelains, […] as well as all sorts of Indian figures, however broken or damaged they are. he also cleans and puts back together those [Chinese furnishings] in old lacquer. Shop and a considerable assortment of platters, plates and vases in old Saxon porcelain, Japanese porcelain and other effects in gilded bronze, rare, curious and precious in different sorts of hazard Shopkeepers’ ledgers were part of the same reality, without a similar advertising language. Take Indian fabrics, for example. Calicoes and printed cotton fabrics were to be found in all households, used for beds, screens, seats, curtains or drapes. In the Marquis of Trémouville’s hôtel particulier, servants’ rooms also had cotton printed beds (‘lits en indiennes’). A gilder bought printed cotton quilts and curtains; a lawyer at the Châtelet bought a six-piece paper screen from India (‘paravent de six feuilles en papier des Indes’), and so on. However, at the same time, calico remained a distinctive sign, appreciated by aristocrats (dressing gowns, dresses and so on). As for other goods, producers and merchants managed to provide products for various niche markets (in quality, in price) and constantly developed new specific markets. Shopkeepers played a major role in diffusing new modes of consumption. Thanks to a wide range of choice and to their reactivity, they actively participated in the dissemination of Indian and Chinese goods. People became comfortable with these novelties, a key issue for understanding eighteenth-century consumer culture.
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