Haberdasher
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In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells fabric and small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons and zips; in the United States, the term re
Haberdashers (notions shop) in Białystok, Poland
Haberdashers (notions shop) in Dover, UK
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Mercery
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Mercery initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. Eventually, the term evolved to refer to a merchant or trader of
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…meant, but most likely it was some type of fabric or assorted small ware. A haberdasher would retail small wares, the goods of the pedlar, while a mercer would specialize in "linens, silks, fustian, worsted piece-goods and bedding". In Belgium and elsewhere in Continental Europe, Saint Nicholas remains…
A mercery (mercer's shop) in Brussels
Streetscape of Mercery Lane in Canterbury, where mercers used to produce and sell wares in the Middle Ages
Sir Rowland Hill, repeatedly master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers was Lord Mayor, privy councillor, statesman, scholar, merchant and philanthropist who also coordinated the Geneva Bible translation.
Stained glass which shows the Worshipful Company of Mercers' arms