Аннотация издательства:
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.
Содержание:
Introduction and acknowledgements • The tools and techniques of the tailor and seamstress • Embroidery tools and techniques • Knitting stitches • Sewing stitches • Embroidery Stitches • How tom use this book
THE PATTERNS Margaret Layton’s waistcoat, 1610-15 | Claire Thornton • Pink silk waistcoat, 1610-20 | Jenny Tiramani • Blackwork waistcoat, 1620-25 | Luca Costigliolo • Fustian waistcoat 1630s | Jenny Tiramani | Slashed satin bodice, 1630s Luca Costigliolo • Knitted silk waistcoat, 1630 -1700 | Susan North • Embroidered linen mantle, 1590 -1610 I Claire Thornton • Linen smock, 1620-40 | Armelle Lucas • Linen hood, 1600-1640 | Armelle Lucas • Embroidered coif and forehead cloth, 1600-1650 | Armelle Lucas • Linen band and cuffs, 1630-35 | Jenny Tiramani • Embroidered partlet and sleeve panels, 1615-25 | Jenny Tiramani • Linen kerchief, 1600s I Susan North • Embroidered linen gloves, 1600-1625 | Claire Thornton • Embroidered kid gloves, 1610-30 | Jenny Tiramani • Bibliography
Издательство V&A Publishing, ISBN 9781851776313