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Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail

Name: Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Author: Avril Hart
ISBN: 9781851775675

by Avril Hart, Susan North, Leonie Davis

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Overview

Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing. Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.

Synopsis

Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, this book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing.. The exquisite photographs and clear line drawings will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.

About the Author, Avril Hart

Avril Hart is an expert in historical dress. Her published work includes Englishmen's Fashionable Dress: 1600-1799, Ties, and Fans. Susan North is Curator, Department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion, at the V&A.