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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 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 This gives some background http://hibiscus-sinensis!.com/regency/sho!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 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 |