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Invoice for dressmaking

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NameInvoice for dressmaking
ProductionMrs J Mann; dressmaker; 7 November 1871
Classificationaccounts, family papers
Materialspaper, ink
Techniqueshandwriting, printing
Registration NumberCA000294/001/0004/0526

Overview

This invoice was made out by Mrs Mann, a Wellington dressmaker, to Georgiana Hector.

The invoice, which is handwritten on pink paper, itemises the materials and labour for a poplin dress with a low bodice, the 'turning' of a skirt from a ball dress and the making of a grenedene dress. The invoice totals £4.2.7.

Mrs Mann was based in Ingestre Street, which at the time ran between The Terrace and Cuba Street.

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