Related for Ketubot 130:3
ואין נותנין לה לא חדשים וכו': ת"ר מותר מזונות לבעל מותר בלאות לאשה מותר בלאות לאשה למה לה אמר רחבה שמתכסה בהן בימי נדתה כדי שלא תתגנה על בעלה
He does not give her new etc. Our Rabbis taught: Any surplus of food belongs to the husband. Any surplus of worn out clothes belongs to the woman. “Any surplus of worn out clothes belongs to the woman.” Of what use are they to her? Rehava replied: For putting on during the days of her menstruation so that she may not [by the constant wearing of the same clothes] become repulsive to her husband.
Tosefta Ketubot
The additional food is his, but the additional rags are hers. A rich man—she goes up with him; but a poor man—she does not go down with him. A case: For the daughter of Nakdimon ben Gurion, the Hakhamim set up for her 500 golden dinars every day for her perfume fund and she was only waiting for her levir! She even made light of it and said to them: This is what you should give to your daughters! Said Rabbi Lazar bar Rabbi Tzadok: I will see in comfort if I saw (sic! correction based on Ehrfurt manuscript) her gathering barley from underneath the horses' hooves in Akko! I recited about her this verse: "If you did not know you, fairest of women!" (Shir Hashirim 1:8).
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