Mantel
Also known as: Mantel, Thérèse et Mantel, Mantel et Thérèse
Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-04-03
Identity
Milliner who sends hats to Marie.Diary References
1874
- April 3: Sent Marie a hat that didn't suit her - she returned it and awaits another.
Context
- Hat maker/milliner
- Remote ordering service (sends hats)
- Marie particular about fit
- Part of fashion supply network
- Name suggests French or German origin
Research Notes
- 1870s millinery trade
- Fashion commerce in Nice
- Remote/mail order fashion
«Mantel et Thérèse»
The house traded as «Thérèse et Mantel»: on 30 August 1873 «J'ai écrit à Mantel et Thérèse qu'elles envoient un chapeau foulard à maman» (008.0266), and on 22 December 1873 a lady at the Nice station wears «un chapeau fille Angot de chez Thérèse et Mantel, en velours» (014.0173). Marie first goes «chez Mantel, recommandé par Worth» in Paris on 23 August 1873 (008.0136). Both paragraphs were also tagged THERESE, which is now the Spa Thérèse of 1874.
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