Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Fashion in Detail - Brossura

Hart, Avril; North, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1851775676 ISBN 13: 9781851775675

Casa editrice: Victoria & Albert Pubns, 2009

Riassunto

Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing. Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.

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Recensione:

'Sumptuously illustrated...an informative books for those collectors interested in textiles and fashion.' --Antiques and Collectables

'Nothing in Harvey Nicks has the wit of that 1630 undersmock stem-stitched with snails and peapods.' --The Guardian

'Both a visual feast and a useful resource.' --International Textiles

L'autore:

Avril Hart is an expert in historical dress. Her published work includes Englishmen's Fashionable Dress: 1600-1799, Ties, and Fans. Susan North is Curator, Department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion, at the V&A.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Victoria & Albert Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1851775676
• ISBN 13: 9781851775675
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223
• Disegnatore: Davis Leonie