Harding, Howell & Co.

Former department store in London From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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

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

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