19th century fashion in detail /

Johnston, Lucy

19th century fashion in detail / Nineteenth century fashion in detail by Lucy Johnston, Claire Wilcox. - 240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm

This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up some of the garments in the V&A's superlative 19th-century fashion collection.

9780500292648 (pbk.) : £24.95 0500292647


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Fashion--History--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
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