As the epicenters of style and innovation, the cities of Paris
and Versailles dominate studies of consumerism in
seventeenth-century France, but little scholarship exists on the
material culture, fashion, and consumption patterns in the
provinces. Donna J. Bohanan's Fashion beyond Versailles fills this
historiographical gap by examining the household inventories of
French nobles and elites in the southern province of Dauphin?.
Much more than a simple study of the decorative arts, Fashion
beyond Versailles investigates the meaning of material ownership.
By examining postmortem registries and archival publications,
Bohanan reveals the social imperatives, local politics, and high
fashion trends that spurred the consumption patterns of provincial
communities.
In doing so, she reveals a closer relationship between consumer
behavior of Versailles and the provinces than most historians have
maintained. Far-reaching in its sociological and psychological
implications, Fashion beyond Versailles both makes use of and
contributes to the burgeoning literature on material culture,
fashion, and consumption.
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