Seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion in detail /
This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, exquisite stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up the clothing in the V & A's superlative seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion collection. Using an authoritative text, exquis...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
V&A Pub. ;
2009.
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| Summary: | This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, exquisite stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up the clothing in the V & A's superlative seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion collection. Using an authoritative text, exquisite colour photography and line drawings of complete garments, the reader is allowed the unique opportunity to look closely at clothing, often too fragile to be on display. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as "Historical fashion in detail from the 17th and 18th centuries": London : V&A Pub., 1998. First published in North America as "Fashion in detail from the 17th and 18th centuries": New York : Rizzoli, 1998. |
| Physical Description: | 223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 223). |
| ISBN: | 9781851775675 (pbk.) 1851775676 (pbk.) |