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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
François Boucher; Yvonne Deslandres; John Ross |
ISBN: | 0500279101 9780500279106 |
OCLC Number: | 443676264 |
Description: | 459 str. : ilustr. ; 29 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction; 1. Prehistoric Costume; 2. Costume in the Ancient East; 3. Crete and Its Costume; 4. The Mediterranean Countries; 5. Europe from the Fifth Century BC to the Twelfth Century AD; 6. Europe Between the Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries; 7. Costume in Europe from the Fourteenth to the Early Sixteenth Century; 8. The Sixteenth Century; 9. The Seventeenth Century; 10. The Eighteenth Century; 11. From the French Revolution to the Early Twentieth Century; 12. Fashion: 1920-1964; Fashion: 1960-1983 |
Responsibility: | François Boucher ; an additional chapter by Yvonne Deslandres ; [translated from the French by John Ross]. |
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"'A work of the most momentous scholarship. I know no other work quite like it' - James Laver; 'The standard work for many years to come - the illustrations are beautifully reproduced and fully documented... the commentary moves skilfully from style to style pointing out the significant detail' - The Times Literary Supplement; 'Far surpasses any general survey of Western fashion' - The Sunday Times" Read more...
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