Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit

List of figures vii

List of tables ix

List of contributors xi

Acknowledgements xiii

General introduction 1

KLAS NYBERG

PART I

Paris: the capital of luxury 17

1 Rational follies: fashion, luxury and credit in eighteenth-century Paris 19

PAULA VON WACHENFELDT

2 The French model and the rise of Swedish fashion, 1800?1840 34

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PART II

The Swedish financial system and bankruptcy law 49

3 The Swedish bankruptcy system, 1734?1849 51

KARL GRATZER, MATS HAYEN AND KLAS NYBERG

4 Bankruptcies in Sweden, 1774?1849: causes and structural differences 62

MARCUS BOX, KARL GRATZER AND XIANG LIN

Contents

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PART III

Credit and bankruptcies in the fashion and luxury trades in Sweden, 1730?1850 77

5 The institutional setting of the luxury trades in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Stockholm 79

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6 Economic behaviour and social strategies in the Stockholm silk weaving industry, 1744-1831 97

HAKAN JAKOBSSON

7 Hair professionals in financial distress in Stockholm, 1750-1830 120

RIINA TURUNEN AND KUSTAA H. J. V ILKUNA

8 Book printing in Stockholm, from royal privilege to market economy, 1780-1850 136

MATS HAYEN

9 Cabinetmakers and chair makers in Stockholm, 1730-1850. Production, market and economy in a regulated economy 151

GORAN ULVANG

10 Credit relations among painting professionals in Stockholm, 1760-1849 170

AXEL HAGBERG AND KLAS NYBERG

PART IV

Conclusions 183

11 The Stockholm credit market in an international perspective 185

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Bibliography 199

Index 223