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A portrait of fashion : six centuries of dress at the National Portrait Gallery / Aileen Ribeiro with Cally Blackman.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : National Portrait Gallery, [2015]Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781855145566 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391.09 RIB 23
Summary: 190 examples from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. Through these, the authors explore the purpose and original context of the dress in which the sitter was recorded – the damasks, satins, velvets and furs of Tudor and Stuart magnificence worn by Queen Elizabeth I and Charles I, but also the revolutionary simplicity of the cottons, linens and woollen cloth adopted by Mary Wollstonecraft, John Constable and John Clare. Packed with photographs that provide additional insights into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits, and complemented by related material including fabric designs and jewellery.
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Books FRA General Stacks Non-fiction 391.09 RIB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000182

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

190 examples from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. Through these, the authors explore the purpose and original context of the dress in which the sitter was recorded – the damasks, satins, velvets and furs of Tudor and Stuart magnificence worn by Queen Elizabeth I and Charles I, but also the revolutionary simplicity of the cottons, linens and woollen cloth adopted by Mary Wollstonecraft, John Constable and John Clare. Packed with photographs that provide additional insights into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits, and complemented by related material including fabric designs and jewellery.

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