The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society, 1500-1914
Author(s): Jane Ashelford
The clothes worn by our ancestors afford an unparalleled insight into lifestyles that have disappeared forever. Choice of dress has always been governed by a series of influences - social and economic, artistic and technical - and, of course, the vagaries of individual taste. Jane Ashelford has used the National Trust's stunning costume and textile collections as well as its historic house portraits, family correspondence, diaries and household papers to produce a fascinating account of the history of dress over the past four centuries
Product Information
Jane Ashelford took a postgraduate degree in the history of dress at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, where she specialised in the clothing of the sixteenth century
General Fields
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- : Anova Books
- : National Trust Books
- : 1.297
- : 01 August 0000
- : 245mm X 245mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jane Ashelford
- : Paperback
- : 391.009
- : 320
- : Costume, clothes & fashion; Fashion design; Social & cultural history
- : over 500 colour and black & white images