Smocks

Name/Title

Smocks

Entry/Object ID

pa.TT840.S66.H34

Description

The smock-frock was worn by countrymen in England and Wales during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was a practical garment and represented a true folk craft developed by ordinary people. This book traces the development of the smock, its makers, its wearers and the revivals of interest which have taken place. Shire album, no. 46.

Lexicon

Search Terms

costume--great britain, smocking

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Maggie Hall

Publisher

Shire

Date Published

1979

Call No.

pa.TT840.S66.H34

ISBN

852634773, 9780852634776

Notes

Length: 32

Location

Shelf

Pamphlet Collection

Room

Library, Studio