Fanny’s Pockets: Cotton, Consumption and Domestic Economy, 1780–1850

Abstract

The pockets at the centre of this essay are tie-on pockets that belonged to one woman, named Fanny Jarvis, who lived during the early nineteenth century. Fanny Jarvis’s pockets are typical of the tie-on pocket as a form. They are large, discrete garments of a more or less rectangular or oblong shape, designed to be tied around the waist, over a petticoat and under a dress. Each has an opening running vertically down the front for the hand to access. The pockets are also typical in their construction, being pieced together from various textiles, in this case sturdy ribbed cotton.1 These can be considered the generic features of the tie-on pocket as a form, and to this extent Fanny Jarvis’s pockets are unexceptional.

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