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Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume by Doreen Yarwood (Hardcover, 2011)

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This authoritative resource covers the entire world with a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories that ranges from ancient to modern times. From the headgear of the ancient Greeks and Etruscans to Elizabethan farthingales and modern footwear, this authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. It covers every world culture with 650-plus entries in alphabetical order that define and describe designs, materials, accessories, and manufacturing techniques, placing them in historical perspective and tracing the development of tastes and the recurrence of motifs. More than 2,100 black-and-white drawings include 110 full-page plates of costume drawings, in addition to eight pages of colour illustrations. Amazingly enough, there is an illustration for almost every item, noted Choice magazine, adding, the text is a model for this type of reference work, a good summary for the knowledgeable and a mine of information for the novice. A detailed index makes it easy to locate garments from any era.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN-13
9780486433806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178018476

Product Key Features

Book Title
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume
Author
Doreen Yarwood
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
480 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
280mm
Item Width
210mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Doreen Yarwood
Series Title
Dover Fashion and Costumes
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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