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The art of dress. Clothes and society 1500-1914
Editorial ABRAMS & CHRONICLE BOOKS
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- Publisher ABRAMS & CHRONICLE BOOKS
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- ISBN10 0810963175
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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 influencessocial and economic, artistic and technicaland, 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, and what people wore at all levels of society and at all ages, from swaddling bands to widow's weeds. Many remarkable ensembles are seen here, in spectacular photographs....Men's, women's, children's, and servant's attire and accessories provide vital information about the taste, preoccupations, and aspirations of the individuals who wore them, and the world in which they lived.- Publisher ABRAMS & CHRONICLE BOOKS
- ISBN13 9780810963177
- ISBN10 0810963175
- Type Book
- Bookbinding Cloth