A Pictorial History of Costume From Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century: With Over 1900 Illustrated Costumes, Including 1000 in Full ColorA classic in its field, this splendid guide to fashion history takes readers on a grand tour of the world, starting in ancient Egypt, circa 2200 B.C., and continuing on to the late nineteenth century. Handsome, accurately rendered illustrations depict a vast treasure trove of wearing apparel — furs, veils, ruffs, pointed bodices, and sashes abound, as do cloaks, leggings, waistcoats, breeches, military uniforms, and assorted head- and footwear. All levels of society are included in this thorough, panoramic display of past fashions — from peasants and the middle class to the nobility. Here is apparel that clothed inhabitants of Far East kingdoms, gladiators of the Roman Empire, Crusaders of the Middle Ages, Dutch citizens of the 1600s, and Parisian society in the late 1700s. More than 1,900 costumes are shown, including fashions from ancient Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, and Greece, as well as clothing from England, France, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and other European countries. An essential reference for costume designers and students of fashion history, this detailed survey will particularly delight the armchair time traveler. |
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15th century According ANCIENT EGYPT bands basinet beard beret bodice Bottom Group 11 breeches Burgundian Byzantine Empire Centre Group centuries B.C. ceremonial chain mail chiton coat of mail collar coloured conical costume decorated doublet draped dress Emperor engravings fillet FRANCE French fur-trimmed GERMANY girdle Girl gown Greek hair style hanging sleeves head head-dress helmet himation Hittite hood hose Italian ITALY Kaiser Friedrich Museum kerchief King Knight lace Lady wearing leather linen liripipe loin-cloth long trailing long-sleeved mantle men’s Museum neck nobleman º º open in front ornamental outer garment painting Paris Peasant Phrygian Phrygian cap plate armour pleated pointed shoes Prince ROCOCO Roman ruff sandals short tunic skirt slashed sleeveless slit so-called Soldier SPANISH FASHION stiff surcoat sword Top Group trousers tunic under-shoe uraeus veil Venetian vizor warrior wearing a long wide sleeves wife Woman wearing women worn