A “Fashionable Tailor” on Water Street:Nineteenth-century Tailor’s Chalks fromSt. John’s, Newfoundland

Excavations related to a large sewer construction project in St. John’s, Newfoundland exposed several examples of tailor’s chalk lost during the Great Fire of 1892. Made from pipe clay, these objects may be the first of their kind identified on an archaeological site in North America. This paper int...

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Main Authors: Blair, Temple, Gaulton, Barry C.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB) 2011
Subjects:
Archaeology
archeology
anthropology
history
historical
society
culture
cultural
societies
industry
colony
colonies
colonial
Northeast
North East
North America
American
Tailor
19th Century
1800's
tobacco pipes
clay
construction
Newfoundland
Great Fire
Archaeological Anthropology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online Access:https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol37/iss1/7
https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=neha
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Summary:Excavations related to a large sewer construction project in St. John’s, Newfoundland exposed several examples of tailor’s chalk lost during the Great Fire of 1892. Made from pipe clay, these objects may be the first of their kind identified on an archaeological site in North America. This paper introduces the changing social and economic position of tailors and other clothing-related trades in St. John’s. Tailor’s chalks are discussed within the context of the clay tobacco pipe industry, particularly the non tobacco-related objects produced, and within the tailoring trade throughout the early modern period.

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