Museum Of London Costumes Collection

The designs of eighteenth-century woven silk in England and France exemplified skills acquired over two millennia: in their range, quality and beauty, they have perhaps never been excelled. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, contains by far the most important and extensive collection of English silk designs in the world, some bound as they were originally, others loose, and still more as samples of fabric in pattern books. The designs changed with the season and, through these pages, we can... [Read More]

Cassiano dal Pozzo's print collection was unique in its scope and organisation. Some 3,000 prints are known, in nine albums and many loose impressions mainly divided between the British Library and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Cassiano (1588-1657) and his younger brother Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-89) did not commission printmakers to engrave plates (as they did drawings), buying instead what was available from the flourishing printmaking industry of the time. The material they collec... [Read More]

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.

Tells the story of this private museum and illustrates many of its prestigious fans.

37 full-color illustrations, including 3 dolls and 22 costumes on 16 plates. Measures 9.25x12.25 inches. Originally published by Kimmel & Forster in the 1860s or 70s.

Covers the history of British textile design from 1940 to the present day. The text explores key themes such as artist-designed and hand-crafted versus machine-made textiles, how the use of abstract and geometric patterning has influenced designs, and derivative design and new approaches.