| Clothing the Past: Surviving Garments from Early Medieval to Early Modern Western Europe Contributor(s): Coatsworth (Author), Owen-Crocker (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004288708 ISBN-13: 9789004288706 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $255.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Design | History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 391.009 |
| LCCN: 2017036233 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 8.3" W x 11.8" (4.20 lbs) 470 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An astonishing number of medieval garments survive, more-or-less complete. Here the authors present 100 items, ranging from homely to princely. The book's wide-ranging introduction discusses the circumstances in which garments have survived to the present; sets and collections; constructional and decorative techniques; iconography; inscriptions on garments; style and fashion. Detailed descriptions and discussions explain technique and ornament, investigate alleged associations with famous people (many of them spurious) and demonstrate, even when there are no known associations, how a garment may reveal its own biography: a story that can include repair, remaking, recycling; burial, resurrection and veneration; accidental loss or deliberate deposition. The authors both have many publications in the field of medieval studies, including previous collaborations on medieval textiles such as Medieval Textiles of the British Isles AD 450-1100: an Annotated Bibliography (2007), the Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles (2012) and online bibliographies. |