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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, Avril
Corporate Author: Victoria and Albert Museum
Other Authors: North, Susan, 1956-, Davis, Richard, 1960-, Davis, Leonie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : V&A Pub. ; 2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Stitching, seams, quilting, and cording
  • Gathers, pleats, and looped drapery
  • Collars, cuffs, and pockets
  • Buttons
  • Trimmings
  • Applied decoration
  • Slashing, pinking, and stamping
  • Knitting, lace, and openwork
  • Stomachers
  • Gloves and shoes.