By Michelle Styles Thirteen items from a fashionable woman's trousseau of the 1830s: This comes from a list contained in Alison Adburham's Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where and In What Manner the Well Dressed Englishwoman bought her clothes (rev edn, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1981). 1. 9 chemises 2. 6 nightdresses 3. 6 Paris long cloth drawers; 3 trimmed with lace 4. 2 long cloth petticoats, tucked and one trimmed with work 5. 3 flannel petticoats 6. 3 camisoles, trimmed with work…
