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What people wore : 1,800 illustrations from ancient times to the early twentieth century / Douglas Gorsline ; illustrated by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Dover Publications, 1994.Edition: Dover edDescription: xii, 269 p. : ill. ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0486281620 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391/.009 20
LOC classification:
  • GT513 .G6 1994
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 391.009 G674 Available 33111003859820
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"The book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion." -- Collectors' Corner
Spanning nearly 5,000 years of clothing styles, this splendid sourcebook presents a fascinating panorama of wearing apparel, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing through the early decades of the twentieth century.
Over 1,800 drawings -- meticulously researched and accurately rendered by the author -- depict garments ranging from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty, ornate robes of Byzantine dignitaries, and elegant dresses worn by eighteenth-century Parisians, to picturesque outfits of American frontiersmen and the revolutionary 1930s wardrobe of the American flapper.
Here also are informal portraits of Byzantine commoners and religious figures, Elizabethans in lace collars and ruffs, upper-class Venetians, English dandies, and French gentlemen of the mid-eighteenth century as well as detailed illustrations of nineteenth-century New York farmers, western fur trappers, cowboys, mountain men, and lumberjacks, Klondike prospectors, Mississippi rivermen, and many more. A brief historical survey precedes the chronologically grouped illustrations of each period, and an overall list supplies the source for each drawing. A comprehensive reference for artists, designers, and social historians, this invaluable treasury will also intrigue anyone interested in the evolution of wearing apparel.

Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1952.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-257).

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