American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs

Name/Title

American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs

Entry/Object ID

391 00973 09034

Description

Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles. Indispensable for any student of costume, fashion, early photography. Introduction. Introduction to fashions of each decade. Captions. Large thin softbound volume featuring grayscale photograph of a couple on the front cover.

Book Details

Author

Dalrymple, Priscilla Harris

Date Published

1991

Call No.

391 00973 09034

ISBN

0486265331