'Back in the day' the men made the bed frames, the chairs, tables, basically any furniture or household item that was physically demanding. Plus carving and whittling were more in the 'male accepted crafts'. The women made the linens, and the fancy stuff for decorating the house. Also young women were expected to start married life with an entire hand-made trousseau which was part of her dowry, back when that was tradition. A trousseau was all the bed linens, quilts, blankets, doilies, tablecloths and so on that were both functional and decorative. And since most girls got married between the ages of 15-18 you can imagine they started young and worked on it a LOT. Men were supposed to provide the roof, furniture and the living.
I am so glad things have changed!!
