登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
The Art of Dress
Jane Ashelford
其他書名
Clothes and Society 1500 ? 1914
出版Pavilion Books, 1996
主題Design / Fashion & AccessoriesDesign / History & CriticismDesign / ReferenceDesign / Textile & CostumeHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / ReferenceHistory / Social HistoryHouse & Home / GeneralHouse & Home / Decorating & Furnishings
ISBN19054007999781905400799
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uMr375uL_-8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋A fascinating account of the history of dress over the past four centuries, this volume is a sumptuous visual feast for all costume designers, historians, fashion students, and fashion lovers The clothes worn by our ancestors afford an unparalleled insight into lifestyles that have disappeared forever. Here, Jane Ashelford has used the National Trust's stunning costume and textile collections as well as its historic house portraits, family correspondence, diaries, and household papers to produce a history that goes beyond a mere chronicle of cut, shape, and decoration. She looks at the social aspects of dress and what people of all ages wore at all levels of society, from swaddling bands to widow's weeds, describing not only garment details and the manner of wearing in historical context but also offering excerpts from writings by contemporaries. Men's, women's, children's, and servant's attire and accessories provide vital information about the taste, preoccupations, and aspirations of the individuals who wore them, and the world in which they lived.