Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One
By (Author) Susan North
By (author) Jenny Tiramani
V & A Publishing
V & A Publishing
12th May 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of art
Needlework and fabric crafts
646.407
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Width 314mm, Height 276mm, Spine 20mm
1490g
Description
This breathtakingly detailed book presents dress patterns, construction details, embroidery and making instructions for fifteen garments and accessories from a seventeenth-century woman's wardrobe. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment alongside photographs of the objects and the groundbreaking use of x-ray photography revealing the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.
Author Bio
Susan North is Curator in the V&A Fashion, Textiles and Furniture Department. Jenny Tiramani, Luca Costigliolo, Claire Thornton and Armelle Lucas, who produced the patterns for the book, were all members of the wardrobe team at Shakespeare's Globe between 1999 and 2005.
