Ebook: Visual History of Costume: Seven Centuries of Costume History in One Volume

The core of the book consists of over 200 contemporary illustrations of dress, arranged in order of date for easy reference. They include paintings, drawings, photographs, advertisements, stone effigies and brass rubbings. A detailed introduction sets out the background to the evolution of clothing over the centuries, the broad changes themselves, and some guidance on how to look to contemporary sources for information on costume history.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of illustrations and picture acknowledgements; Introduction; The background; The dress; The sources; The history of costume; Select bibliography; Glossary/Index.