Needlework

…Even today, when the textile and clothing industries have become industrialized, the word "needlewoman" remains in privately owned Western clothing stores and dry goods stores. In Western Europe, around the 17th century, women who worked as seamstresses or needlewomen began to appear. In the early days, they were employed by tailors who made men's clothes, but when tailors who made women's clothes (such as dressmakers) appeared, they became apprentices and worked there while acquiring skills. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "needlewoman" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…繊維･衣服産業の工業化された今日でも，個人経営の洋装店や呉服店などに針子の名が残っている。　西欧では，17世紀ころから英語でシームストレスseamstress，ニードルウーマンneedlewomanと呼ばれる，裁縫を職業とする女性が現れはじめた。初期には男子服の仕立屋(テーラー)に雇われていたが，女子服の仕立屋(ドレスメーカーなど)が現れると，徒弟に入り，技術を身につけながら働いた。…

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