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"...sumptuous and authoritative..." -- The Scotsman
"A collection of delicious close-up and detailed photographs" -- Antique Dealer
"Both a visual feast and a useful resource." -- International Textiles
"Nothing in Harvey Nicks has the wit of that 1630 undersmock stem-stitched with snails and peapods." -- The Guardian
"Sumptously illustrated...an informative books for those collectors interested in textiles and fashion." -- Antiques and Collectables --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"A collection of delicious close-up and detailed photographs" -- Antique Dealer
"Both a visual feast and a useful resource." -- International Textiles
"Nothing in Harvey Nicks has the wit of that 1630 undersmock stem-stitched with snails and peapods." -- The Guardian
"Sumptously illustrated...an informative books for those collectors interested in textiles and fashion." -- Antiques and Collectables --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing. Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful and worth every penny,
By A Customer
This review is from: Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Paperback)
I have a copy of the book. I love the photos with every page close up detail.Biggest and only complaint I have is that the book has images of garments clumped in each chapter, like "Stitching, Seams, Quilting and Cording", Buttons, Trimmings, "Applied Decoration", etc. What bothers me is that you don't get the overall image of a garment, but a lot of close up fragments of a garment. It would have been nice to see an overall image as well. The book also provides a basic sketch of each garment, even if the original garment is missing a section. This is not my time period for historical garments as a costumer, but the details just get me drooling every time I look at the book. Close ups of the embroideries are just to die for. All in wonderful full color large images the size of the book itself. The left page has the description, and the right page has the full image, and it is larger than 8.5" x 11". I don't have my ruler handy or I would measure it right now. Anyway, I think it was worth the full price I paid when it first came out in hb. I love it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Precision,
By Creative Theatrics "Nettie" (ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Paperback)
If you are into costume detail, either in the historical sense or the reproduction part of it, then this book is for you. These pictures are of actual costumes from the V & A in London England that were actually worn between 17th and 18th Century. To be able to see these images up close and some told who wore it, is amazing. Especially if you can't get to London to see them up close and personal. Here it is... compacted into a book. It gives you an ahh inspiring apreciation to those that had to sit up day in and day out with very little light and very little pay to do all this stuff, just for a lord or lady to look good. Beautiful artistry!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Resource,
By Richard Crossman (Burlington, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Paperback)
An excellent for anyone into fashion or costume making. The details and background provided are a real insight into the clothing of the period.
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