Name/Title
The art of dress : clothes and society, 1500-1914Entry/Object ID
GT730.A68 1996Description
In this delightfully illustrated book, a unique account is offered of the history of dress over four centuries. Drawing on the rich resources of Britain's National Trust properties, which include numerous costume and textile collections, revealing painted portraits, and extensive documentation in the form of family correspondence, diaries, and household papers, Jane Ashelford goes beyond a mere chronicle of cut, shape, and decoration. She looks at the social aspects of dress -- how styles were conveyed, how and where materials and clothing were purchased, and what people wore at all levels of society and at all ages, from swaddling bands to widow's weeds.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Melanie FalickNotes
Gift of Melanie Falick, August 2023.Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--great britain--history, dress accessories--great britain-- history, fashion--great britain--historyBook Details
Author
Jane Ashelford, Andreas EinsiedelPublisher
National TrustDate Published
1996ISBN
0810963175, 9780810963177, 1905400799, 9781905400799, 0707801850, 9780707801858, 0707803365, 9780707803364LCCN
95044103Notes
Length: 320General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Gorgeous attyre, 1500-1603 -- Careless romance, 1603-1660 -- Wigs & drapery, 1660-1720 -- Uniformly elegant, 1720-1780 -- Perfect cut & fit, 1780-1850 -- Tyranny of fashion, 1850-1914 -- Swaddling to sailor's suits: children's clothes -- Dress suitable to their station: clothes for servants.