Clothing the Past : Surviving Garments from Early Medieval to Early Modern Western Europe
Surviving Garments from Early Medieval to Early Modern Western Europe
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Publication
2018 - BRILL
Language
English
Word Count
113,250 words, Guess
Page Count
453 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL38038387M
- ISBN-139789004288706
- OCLC Control Number1002722271
- Library of Congress Control Number2017036233
Classifications
- LCCGT509.C56 2017
Description
An astonishing number of medieval garments survive, more-or-less complete. Here the authors present 100 items, ranging from homely to princely. The book's wide-ranging introduction discusses the circumstances in which garments have survived to the present; sets and collections; constructional and decorative techniques; iconography; inscriptions on garments; style and fashion. Detailed descriptions and discussions explain technique and ornament, investigate alleged associations with famous people (many of them spurious) and demonstrate, even when there are no known associations, how a garment may reveal its own biography: a story that can include repair, remaking, recycling; burial, resurrection and veneration; accidental loss or deliberate deposition.
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