Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One

Author:   Susan North ,  Jenny Tiramani
Publisher:   V & A Publishing
ISBN:  

9781851776313


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   18 April 2011
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One


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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.

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Author:   Susan North ,  Jenny Tiramani
Publisher:   V & A Publishing
Imprint:   V & A Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 31.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.490kg
ISBN:  

9781851776313


ISBN 10:   1851776311
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   18 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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.

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