Home Sweet Home
So, in an earlier blog post I talked about my father being a jeweler; and more specifically that he implemented the system of bartering to obtain things we needed like dental visits. But his bartering also extended to my sister and I having a trousseau, or dowry. A trousseau is something every bride brought to the marriage in numerous countries. The wealthier you were, the wealtheir your trousseau. It contained your wedding dress, as well as things for setting up your new home; blankets, crystal stemware, china, sterling silver pieces, jewelry. It might also contain various types of livestock, money, servants, art works. While technically it was in order for the bride to have her own things, trousseau's were ultimately incorporated into the man's wealth and more times than not, never belonging to the bride to begin with. It is an odd thing to think about. Today a trousseau is generally not something a bride has, nor ...