Seventeenth Century Costumes

Rich silks embellished with needlework were used to create expensive, high quality garments, affordable only for the wealthy. Yet their very exclusivity, has meant that few items have lasted through the centuries, many having fallen victim to reuse and re-cycling as other garments and household items. Several rare and beautiful pieces do however survive in Glasgow Museums' collections. This book is the first in the series of publications about Glasgow Museums' European Costume collection. Design... [Read More]

Expert vintage fashion illustrator, Brenda Sneathen Mattox, brings her favorite storybook to life! She has given this Cinderella paper doll book a lovely classic look with late 17th century clothes for Cinderella and her Prince Charming. There are ten lavish costumes for Cinderella and the Prince as well as a Fairy godmother doll to cut out. Brenda also includes the story of Cinderella's transformation from soot-covered servant to the belle of the ball.

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This volume reprints the celebrated collection of costume plates created in 1694 by noted 17th-century Dutch engraver Caspar Luyken. Executed with remarkable finesse, the superb illustrations depict a wide range of social classes: royalty, courtesans, merchants, laborers, military officers, ladies, gentlemen, soldiers, and a host of other figures representing varied races and countries. (A number of the subjects were drawn in their everyday milieu.) Among the many craftworkers and professionals ... [Read More]

The complete Short Oxford History of Europe provides a concise, readable, and authoritative point of entry for the history of Europe from the Ancient Greeks to the present day in eleven volumes. In each chapter a leading expert offers focused and penetrating insights into the major themes and influences of the period. Lying between the two great "peaks" of European history, the Reformation and the Enlightenment in the centuries before and after, the seventeenth century seems not to have a popula... [Read More]

Uses seventeenth century drawings, paintings, and prints to show the clothing and accessories worn during that period in England and Europe

A unique and definitive guide to the practical construction of men's seventeenth century fashionThis newest addition to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s series on historical dress patterns presents full instructions for the making of men’s historical garments in a technically accurate, visually exciting, step-by-step format. The book delves into the intricate detail of the techniques involved in historical tailoring and dressmaking. Scale patterns, precise construction diagrams, an abundance... [Read More]

Contains drawings and descriptions of the dress and ornamentation worn by English men, women, and children during the 1600's

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Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contempora... [Read More]