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The art of dress : clothes and society, 1500-1914 Cover Image Book Book

The art of dress : clothes and society, 1500-1914

Ashelford, Jane (Author). Einsiedel, Andreas (Added Author).

Summary: The clothing worn in the past affords an invaluable insight into lifestyles that have disappeared forever. Choice of dress has always been affected by numerous influences - social and economic, artistic and technical - and, of course, the vagaries of individual taste. In this delightfully illustrated book, a unique account is offered of the history of dress over four centuries. Drawing on the rich resources of Britain's National Trust properties, which include numerous costume and textile collections, revealing painted portraits, and extensive documentation in the form of family correspondence, diaries, and household papers, Jane Ashelford goes beyond a mere chronicle of cut, shape, and decoration. She looks at the social aspects of dress - how styles were conveyed, how and where materials and clothing were purchased, and what people wore at all levels of society and at all ages, from swaddling bands to widow's weeds.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0810963175 (clothbound)
  • ISBN: 9780810963177 (clothbound)
  • ISBN: 0707801850
  • ISBN: 9780707801858
  • Physical Description: print
    320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: London : National Trust : Distributed by New York : Abrams, 1996.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 314) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Gorgeous attyre, 1500-1603 -- Careless romance, 1603-1660 -- Wigs & drapery, 1660-1720 -- Uniformly elegant, 1720-1780 -- Perfect cut & fit, 1780-1850 -- Tyranny of fashion, 1850-1914 -- Swaddling to sailor's suits: children's clothes -- Dress suitable to their station: clothes for servants.

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Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library 		NONFIC 391.0094 ASHELFOR ( Send Text)
 33207003681659 NONFICTION Available
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System:
      Appleby Branch Library 		391.09 ASH ( Send Text)
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