LOIRET. Privilege of the WIGMAKERS OF ORLEANS. “Police Matte - Lot 194

LOIRET. Privilege of the WIGMAKERS OF ORLEANS. “Police Matter. Summary of the case for the ladies’ hairdressers of the City of Orleans, defendants; against the master wigmakers of the said city, plaintiffs. ” Published by Jacob the Elder, rue de l’Escrivinerie; 4 pages, in-4°. “...the Master Wigmakers of this city still dare to demand today the continuation of the writ of December 24, 1789, seeking to have the Defendants ordered to pay the Plaintiffs the sum of 36 livres for eighteen months… In principle, the Master Wigmakers held an exclusive privilege over men, but not over women: the heads of the fairer sex had escaped the gaze of their ambition… ”

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