Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One

Hardback

Main Details

Title Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book One
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Susan North
By (author) Jenny Tiramani
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 276,Width 314
Category/GenreHistory of fashion
Needlework and fabric crafts
ISBN/Barcode 9781851776313
ClassificationsDewey:646.407
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher V & A Publishing
Imprint V & A Publishing
Publication Date 18 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This breathtakingly detailed book presents dress patterns, construction details, embroidery and making instructions for fifteen garments and accessories from a seventeenth-century woman's wardrobe. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment alongside photographs of the objects and the groundbreaking use of x-ray photography revealing the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.

Author Biography

Susan North is Curator in the V&A Fashion, Textiles and Furniture Department. Jenny Tiramani, Luca Costigliolo, Claire Thornton and Armelle Lucas, who produced the patterns for the book, were all members of the wardrobe team at Shakespeare's Globe between 1999 and 2005.