The Dress Design - An Account Of Costume For Artists And Dressmakers

Originally published in 1932, this is part of the Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks. Contains many period photographs and illustrations. Contents Include: Prehistoric Dress Female and Male The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century Female and Male Tenth to the Fifteenth Century Male and Female Fifteenth Century Male and Female Sixteenth Century Character of Trimmings The Character of Trimmings Through the Seventeenth Century The Character of Decoration and Trimmings of the Eighteenth Century Character of Trimmings of the Nineteenth Century Patterns of Various Reigns from Antique Costume Patterns to Scale Detailed List