The Boot and Shoe Trades in London and Paris in the Long Eighteenth Century

6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
I,200
600
400
200
0
Figure 7.1 - Workforee in bespoke and ready-made
footiwarin Paris in 1847
Bespoke rady-nde
.(mr('(': S'Iati,stiqut' ilt' la i'i/k' de Paris (Paris. 1848). pp. 231-42.
Bespoke Ready-Made
o centralised
(men)
o chamber
(men)
• centralised
(women)
IJ chamber
(women)
As far as the structure of bespoke and ready-made is concerned, 50 per cent
of bespoke shoemakers did not employ any workmen, 17 per cent only one, 25
per cent a number between 2 and 10 and a small 6.5 per cent more than 10
workmen (fig. 7.2).
Figure 7.2 - Structure of the Parisian shoe firms in 1847
Source: Statistique k la yule de Paris (Paris, 1848), pp. 231-42.
303
o no workmen
o 1 workman
•2-10 workmen
•more than 10
workmen