Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns
By (Author) Susan North
Edited by Jenny Tiramani
Contributions by Claire Thornton
Contributions by Melanie Braun
Contributions by Luca Costigliolo
V & A Publishing
V & A Publishing
15th September 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of art
391.209032
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Width 330mm, Height 286mm, Spine 19mm
1370g
Description
Book Two in the V&A's groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a seventeenth-century woman's wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks, shoes, a hat, a stomacher, linen bands and supporters, a bag and a knife case. It also features a description of the stay-making process. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment to enable the reader to accurately reconstruct them. There are scale patterns and diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces and embroidery designs. Multiple photographs of the objects, close-up construction details and X-ray photography reveal the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.
Author Bio
Susan North is a curator in the V&A Fashion, Textiles and Furniture Department. Jenny Tiramani devised and produced patterns for the book with Melanie Braun, Luca Costigliolo, Armelle Lucas, and Claire Thornton. They are all founding members of the School of Historical Dress and worked together in the wardrobe department of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre between 1999 and 2005.
