Contributions

  • Maeder, Edward. - Contributor

Publication

1983 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveelegantartfashio0000losa
  • ISBN-100875871119
  • ISBN-100810908646
  • ISBN-139780875871110
  • ISBN-139780810908642
and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC391/.009/033074019494
  • LCCGT585 .L64 1983

Description

"Close-up look at fashionable eighteenth-century society, in which ... dress was a symbol of social and political position. Seven American and British authorities on costume and textiles have written the book's ... essays on the elegant art of dress ... Fabrics and their manufacture are ... illustrated ... The book includes a catalogue of more than 400 objects from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ... the glossary's 270 terms ... an illustrated appendix on conservation ... 268 illustrations, including 58 plates in full color"--Dustjacket.

Subjects

Topics

CostumeHistoryFashionExhibitionsFashion and artClothing and dressLos Angeles County Museum of Art

Times

Genres

  • Exhibitions

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