Haberdashery

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Ambrosius Gabler (1762–1834): The gallantry grocer .

German clothing
store around 1901

Paavo Nurmi in his clothing store, 1939

Haberdashery goods , from French galanterie , "kindness", is an outdated term for fashion accessories .

Examples

Among the haberdashery fashion jewelry ( jewelery ) and smaller fashionable commodities like perfume bottles (oil flasks ) - formerly worn even at chain vinaigrette -, powder boxes, flashy buttons , bracelets , buckles , scarves, scarves , belts , trays , etc.

The Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973) was a clothing dealer, as was Franz Kafka's father Hermann (1852–1931).

See also

Gallant

literature

Haberdashery. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 7, Leipzig 1907, p. 260 ( online ).

Web links

Wiktionary: Haberdashery goods - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Berlin A. Wertheim, Leipzigerstrasse (haberdashery). (JPG) postcard. Retrieved November 11, 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ To Kafka's father: Hellmuth Karasek: Is that supposed to be a joke? Humor is when you laugh anyway. 5th edition. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2014, page 115. ISBN 978-3-453-41269-9 .