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Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns : book one.

Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns : book one.
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ISBN 9781851776313
1851776311
Author North, Susan (author.)
Title Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns : book one.
Publisher and/or associated date/s London, UK : V & A Publications, 2011.
©2011
Description 160 pages : illustrations ; 28 x 32 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The tools and techniques of the tailor and seamstress --
Embroidery tools and techniques --
Knitting stitches --
Sewing stitches --
Embroidery stitches --
How to use this book --
Margaret Layton's waistcoat, 1610-15 /
Claire Thornton --
Pink silk waistcoat, 1610-20 /
Jenny Tiramani --
Blackwork waistcoast, 1620-25 /
Luca Costigliolo --
Fustian waistcoast, 1630s /
Jenny Tiramani --
Slashed satin bodice, 1630s
Luca Costigliolo --
Knitted silk waistcoat, 1630-1700
Susan North --
Embroidered linen mantle, 1590-1610 /
Claire Thormton --
Linen smock, 1620-40 /
Armelle Lucas --
Linen hood, 1600-1640 /
Armelle Lucas --
Embroidered coif and forehead cloth, 1600-1650 /
Armelle Lucas --
Linen band and cuffs, 1630-35 /
Jenny Tiramani --
Embroidered partlet and sleeve panels, 1615-25 /
Jenny Tiramani --
Linen kerchief, 1600s /
Susan North --
Embroidered linen gloves, 1600-1625 /
Claire Thornton --
Embroidered kid gloves, 1610-30 /
Jenny Tiramani.
Summary Book One in this exciting new series includes waistcoats and bodices, a mantle and gloves. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given for each garment to enable the reader to accurately reconstruct them. There are scale patterns of each garment and scale diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces and embroidery designs.
Subjects Dressmaking -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Dressmaking
Dresses -- History -- 17th century
Dressmaking -- Pattern design
Beauty and Fashion
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Tiramani, Jenny (editor.)
Call number 2019.263
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