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Item specifics
- Book Title
- Victorian and Edwardian Fashion : A Photographic Survey
- Subject
- History
- ISBN
- 9780486242057
About this product
Product Information
Since the invention of photography there has not been a history of fashion completely illustrated by photographs -- until this one. Photography historian Alison Gernsheim first studied Victorian and Edwardian fashion in order to be able to date photographs in her collection. Of course the photos soon proved to be the best of all fashion plates -- authentic, detailed, as decorative and charming as top fashion illustration. When united with identifications and descriptions of the chief costume articles, and a commentary that includes childhood memories of the period, the resulting history is doubly indispensable -- equally useful and delightful to serious and casual readers. The invention of photography preceded that of the crinoline by about a decade. Pre-crinoline bonnets, stovepipe hats, and deep d colletage are featured in the first of these 235 illustrations -- including a beautiful 1840 daguerreotype portrait of a lady that is the earliest study of its kind extant. From 1855 to the 1870s the crinoline gave shape (whether barrel, bell, teapot, or otherwise) to English women, and their shapes fill many of these full and half-page photos. English men went beardless in top hats and frock coats; as in other eras, the sporting wear of the previous generation became acceptable morning and evening town attire. Styles and accoutrements came and went -- moustaches, straw hats, bustles and bodice line, petticoats, corsets, shawls and falsies, flounces, ruffles, lace, and materials -- satin, silk, velvet, woolen underwear, full-length sable, and osprey feathers. Many of the models for these fashions were already fashionable enough -- Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, Lillie Langtry, Winston Churchill, many archdukes, duchesses, counts, princes, and Queen Victoria herself. Photographers are identified where possible, and include Nadar, Lewis Carroll, and the Downeys. Every photograph is captioned and annotated.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486242056
ISBN-13
9780486242057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
702469
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Textiles & Costume, Fashion & Accessories, Social History, Europe / Great Britain / General, Design, Antiques & Collectibles, History
Illustrator
Yes
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Width
6.1in
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion : a Photographic Survey
Lccn
81-067863
Dewey Decimal
391/.00942
Intended Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Reprint
Lc Classification Number
Gt737
Table of Content
NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS PREFACE PART I. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CRINOLINE PART II. CURVES AND VERTICALS BIBLIOGRAPHY AND STUDY LIST INDEX
Series
Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Publication Year
1982
Dewey Edition
19
Format
Trade Paperback
Features
Reprint
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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