In the early 1800s, where would people in England have bought cloth (to make clo

Question: In the early 1800s, where would people in England have bought cloth (to make clothing, curtains, etc!.)!?

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Traditionally in England a shop specialising in selling cloth and textiles was a "Drapery" or "Draper's" run by a "Draper " !.Buttons, ribbons ,needles, thread etc would be sold by a "Haberdasher"!. Both were quite common
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Draper
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Haberdasher
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they bought it from the genral store, also known as the dry goods storeWww@QuestionHome@Com

i think they bought it at their local seamstress/tailor's shopWww@QuestionHome@Com