What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century by Gorsline, Douglas

What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century

The book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion. -- Collectors' CornerSpanning nearly 5,000 years of...
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Author: Douglas Gorsline
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What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century by Gorsline, Douglas

What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century

$51.98

What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century

$51.98
Author: Douglas Gorsline
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion. -- Collectors' Corner
Spanning nearly 5,000 years of clothing styles, this splendid sourcebook presents a fascinating panorama of wearing apparel, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing through the early decades of the twentieth century.
Over 1,800 drawings -- meticulously researched and accurately rendered by the author -- depict garments ranging from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty, ornate robes of Byzantine dignitaries, and elegant dresses worn by eighteenth-century Parisians, to picturesque outfits of American frontiersmen and the revolutionary 1930s wardrobe of the American flapper.
Here also are informal portraits of Byzantine commoners and religious figures, Elizabethans in lace collars and ruffs, upper-class Venetians, English dandies, and French gentlemen of the mid-eighteenth century as well as detailed illustrations of nineteenth-century New York farmers, western fur trappers, cowboys, mountain men, and lumberjacks, Klondike prospectors, Mississippi rivermen, and many more. A brief historical survey precedes the chronologically grouped illustrations of each period, and an overall list supplies the source for each drawing. A comprehensive reference for artists, designers, and social historians, this invaluable treasury will also intrigue anyone interested in the evolution of wearing apparel.



Author: Douglas Gorsline
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 08/22/1994
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 11.98h x 9.09w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780486281629

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