Seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion in detail / Avril Hart and Susan North ; photographs by Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis.
Publication details: London : V&A, 2009.Description: 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmISBN:- 9781851775675 (pbk.) :
- 1851775676 (pbk.) :
- Victoria and Albert Museum -- Catalogs
- Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Catalogs
- Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs
- Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Catalogs
- Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs
- Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Catalogs
- Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs
- Clothing and dress -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Catalogs
- Clothing and dress -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs
- 391.09 C17th
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Reference
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FRA General Stacks | Reference | 391.09 C17th (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | 00000200 |
Originally published: as Fashion in detail from the 17th and 18th centuries. New York: Rizzoli; as Historical fashion in detail from the 17th and 18th centuries. London: V&A, 1998.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references.
A study of the V&A's historical dress collection, featuring dressmaking techniques such as Jacobean blackwork, neo-classical tambour work, decorative seams, delicate stitching, knife-sharp pleats, drapery, stamping, pinking and slashing.
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