The visual history of costume
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Bibliographic Information
The visual history of costume
Batsford, 1989
Available at 16 libraries
Note
Includes bibliography and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The core of the book consists of over 200 contemporary illustrations of dress, arranged in order of date for easy reference. They include paintings, drawings, photographs, advertisements, stone effigies and brass rubbings. A detailed introduction sets out the background to the evolution of clothing over the centuries, the broad changes themselves, and some guidance on how to look to contemporary sources for information on costume history.
Table of Contents
- The background
- the dress
- the sources.
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