Editorial Review Book Two in the V&A(TM)s groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a 17th-century woman(TM)s wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks, shoes, a hat, a stomacher, linen bands and supporters, a bag, and a knife case. It also features a description of the stay-making process. 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 and diagrams for making linen and metal thread laces and embroidery designs. Multiple photographs of the objects, close-up construction details and X-ray photography reveal the hidden elements of the clothes, the precise number of layers and the stitches used inside.
Specification Binding : Hardcover Brand : Victoria Albert Museum EAN : 9781851776856 Label : Victoria & Albert Museum Manufacturer : Victoria & Albert Museum NumberOfPages : 160 PackageDimensions_Weight : 3.04 pounds PackageDimensions : L:12.36 X W:10.87 X H:0.71 ProductGroup : Book ProductTypeName : ABIS_BOOK Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum ReleaseDate : 2013-01-01 Studio : Victoria & Albert Museum Title : Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2