Harding, Howell & Co.

Harding, Howell & Co., a contender for the title of first department store in the world

Harding Howell and Company's Grand Fashionable Magazine was an 18th-century department store at 89 Pall Mall in St James's, London. Open from 1796 to 1820, it could be considered a forerunner of the modern department store.^[1]

The shop was divided into four departments, selling fur and fans, fabric for dresses, haberdashery, jewelry and clocks, perfume and millinery.^[2]

References[]

^ "A history of the department store". BBC Culture.
^ Christopher Breward; Edwina Ehrman; Caroline Evans (2004). The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk ; [published in Conjunction with the Museum of London Exhibition, The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk, 19 October 2004]. Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-300-10399-1.

[1] "A history of the department store". BBC Culture.

[BrewardEhrman2004-2] Christopher Breward; Edwina Ehrman; Caroline Evans (2004). The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk ; [published in Conjunction with the Museum of London Exhibition, The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk, 19 October 2004]. Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-300-10399-1.

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