Description
This innovative and breathtakingly detailed book from the V&A presents dress patterns, construction details, embroidery, and making instructions (including a knitting pattern and lacemaking) for 15 garments and accessories from a 17th-century British woman's wardrobe. Step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence and scale patterns for each garment enable readers to accurately reconstruct them. There are scale diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces, silk braids, and embroidery designs. Multiple photographs, close-up construction details, and X-ray photography reveal the hidden elements of the clothes, the number of layers, and the stitches used inside. This first book in a new series takes the physical examination and study of historical clothing to a new depth and degree of detail, using the expertise of designers, tailors, and makers from London's Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Author: Jenny Tiramani
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Published: 06/01/2011
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.01lbs
Size: 10.91h x 12.33w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9781851776313
ISBN10: 1851776311
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Fashion
- Crafts & Hobbies | Sewing
About the Author
Susan North is a curator in the V&A Fashion, Textiles and Furniture Department. Jenny Tiramani, Luca Costigliolo, Claire Thornton, Armelle Lucas and Christine Prentis, who produced the patterns for this book, were all members of the wardrobe team at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.