Great British Tea Towels: Pat Albeck and the National Trust
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Pat Albeck, who died in September 2017, was a prolific and well-known textile and homewear designer. Pat started work in the 1950s and continued working throughout her life, including for John Lewis, The National Trust, and Emma Bridgewater. She’s most famous as being "Queen of the Tea Towel," particularly with the National Trust, and worked with them to produce tea towels from the 1970s to the present day. The book will show 100 of Pat's tea towel designs, and her son Matthew Rice (a... [Read More]
Scottish National Dress and Tartan (Shire Library Book 724)
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Tartan is an enormously popular pattern in modern fashion. Beginning as Highland dress, it was originally peculiar to certain areas of Scotland, but is now generally accepted as its national costume: what was once ordinary working clothing of a distinctive local style has been formalised into a ceremonial dress, with tartans once woven according to the fancy of those who wore them becoming fixed with certain patterns prescribed for different families, areas or institutions. This process was not,... [Read More]
Pattern Design: Period Design Source Book
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One of the world's best collections of period designs is brought together as an invaluable resource for designers of all kinds, from fabric, textile, wallpaper, and stained glass designers to graphic and fashion designers. This collection of more than 500 designs covers wallpaper, textiles, furnishings, costume, tiles, and ceramics. The designs range from medieval through renaissance and the 19th century right up to the 1970s; from classic French 17th-century wallpaper through William Morris ... [Read More]
The Art of Dress: Clothes Through History 1500-1914
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A fascinating account of the history of dress over the past four centuries, this volume is a sumptuous visual feast for all costume designers, historians, fashion students, and fashion lovers The clothes worn by our ancestors afford an unparalleled insight into lifestyles that have disappeared forever. Here, Jane Ashelford has used the National Trust's stunning costume and textile collections as well as its historic house portraits, family correspondence, diaries, and household papers to prod... [Read More]
Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice (Butterworth-heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology)
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Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice demonstrates the development in the role and practice of the textile conservator and captures the current diversity of textile conservators' work. The book focuses on four major factors which have influenced development in textile conservation practice since the 1980s: the changing context, an evolution in the way conservators think about objects, the greater involvement of stakeholders, and technical developments. These are all integral to effective co... [Read More]
Nazi 'Chic'?: Fashioning Women in the Third Reich (Dress, Body, Culture)
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This is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. It explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image that would mirror official gender policies, inculcate feelings of national pride, promote a German victory on the fashion runways of Europe and support a Nazi-controlled European fashion industry. Not only was fashion one of the countrys largest industries throughout the interwar period, ... [Read More]
Costume in Art (Fine Arts Oriental Book)
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Provides a look at the some of the brilliant costumes from various periods in history as presented in the paintings of master artists, such as Vela+a7zquez, Holbein, Hogarth, Raphael, and others, accompanied by quotes from William Hazlitt, Samuel Pepys, and other notable authors. Original.
Encyclopedia of National Dress [2 volumes]: Traditional Clothing around the World
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This two-volume set presents information and images of the varied clothing and textiles of cultures around the world, allowing readers to better appreciate the richness and diversity of human culture and history.• Contributions from over 50 experts in their field• Dozens of photographs• A bibliographic listing of further reading and references with each section
Food, Drink and Identity: Cooking, Eating and Drinking in Europe since the Middle Ages
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Food and drink have provided fascinating insights into cultural patterns in consumer societies. There is an intimate relationship between food and identity but processes of identity formation through food are far from clear. This book adds a new perspective to the existing body of scholarship by addressing pivotal questions: is food central or marginal to identity construction? Does food equally matter for all group(ing)s? Why would, in peoples experience, food become especially important at one... [Read More]
Tartan: The Highland Habit
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Best-selling book on the subject, includes clan tartans.
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Womens Ginger Power 1990s Union Jack British Flag Dress Costume
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- Model: 29540M
- Color: BlueRed / Blue / White
- Size: 10-12
God save the queen! This Union Jack dress is fashionably hip and trendy featuring the United Kingdom's flag in all it's sexy glory. Costume includes dress only. Other accessories are not included. These costumes look great on their own but would look even better along with many of our other costumes and accessories available in our God save the queen! This Union Jack dress is fashionably hip and trendy featuring the United Kingdom's flag in all it's sexy glory. Costume includes dress only. Other accessories are not included. These costumes look great on their own but would look even better along with many of our other costumes and accessories available in our
Womens Ginger Power 1990s Union Jack British Flag Dress Costume
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- Model: 29540S
- Color: BlueRed / Blue / White
- Size: 6-8
God save the queen! This Union Jack dress is fashionably hip and trendy featuring the United Kingdom's flag in all it's sexy glory. Costume includes dress only. Other accessories are not included. These costumes look great on their own but would look even better along with many of our other costumes and accessories available in our God save the queen! This Union Jack dress is fashionably hip and trendy featuring the United Kingdom's flag in all it's sexy glory. Costume includes dress only. Other accessories are not included. These costumes look great on their own but would look even better along with many of our other costumes and accessories available in our
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