A Visual History of Costume

by ValerieCumming (Author), Aileen Ribeiro (Author), Aileen Ribiero (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $6.77

  The core of the book consists of over 200 contemporary illustrations of dress, arranged in order of date for easy reference. They include paintings, drawings, photographs, advertisements, stone effigies and brass rubbings. A detailed introduction sets out the background to the evolution of clothing over the centuries, the broad changes themselves, and some guidance on how to look to contemporary sources for information on costume history.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $6.78

  Reaching from the 14th to the 20th century, over 200 contemporary full-page illustrations appear in this history of costume, with comments and explanatory notes on the head, body and accessories of each outfit. A glossary is also included which functions as a concise dictionary of dress in itself.