1. ILLICIT CONSUMPTION, SMUGGLING, AND THE FRENCH STATE: TOILES PEINTES AND ASIAN TEXTILES 1680-1760 Felicia Gottmann, University of Warwick

2. Outline I.Introduction or: The French State and Economic Liberalism II.Asian Textiles III.Smuggling IV.Illicit Consumption V.Conclusion or: The French State and Economic Liberalism (again)

3. The Gournay Circle Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759) Daniel Trudaine (1703-1769) François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais (1722– 1800), Examen des avantages et des désavantages de la prohibition des toiles peintes [1755 – with Gournay] André Morellet (1727-1819), Réflexions Sur Les Avantages de La Libre Fabrication Et de L'Usage Des Toiles Peintes En France [1758]

6. Smuggling TobaccoSaltTextilesTob&SaltTob&TexSalt&TexOtherTotal Armed52708101482 Unarmed18116311809228 Aid351010001561 Other/no detail00000099 Total268334199047380 Percent71%9%1%5%2%0%12%100% Source: Archives Départementales du Drôme: B1304, fols 1-199 (Commission du Conseil à Valence: Affiches de jugements rendus)

7. Illicit Consumption PlaceDateWomenMenChildren Caen17133-- Nantes1713-143812 Rennes172111-- Ingrandes1721-23218- Brittany17377-- Total61192 Percentage74.4%23.2%2.4% Paris1727-3010671 Paris1737-38883- Total194101 Percentage94.6%4.9%0.5% Provence174213794 Provence1743-59549761 Total686855 Percentage88.4%11.0%0.6% Sources: AD Calvados: C2849 and C2953; AD Loire-Atlantique: C750; AM Nantes: H266; BNF: Fr 21780 and Fr 21778; AD Bouches-du-Rhône: C2309 and C2711