Creating the Perfect Form
eBook - ePub

Creating the Perfect Form

How to Interpret and Display Historic Dress

Janet Wood

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Creating the Perfect Form

How to Interpret and Display Historic Dress

Janet Wood

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About This Book

How can the cut of a 19th century gown control its shape? Can you re-create a historic profile from a contemporary mannequin? How can paintings help you analyse historic silhouettes and the corsets and petticoats worn underneath? Conservation and historic dress display specialist Janet Wood will help you answer all these questions. You'll learn how historic garments can be safely handled and shown to best effect, with insight into the characteristic features of each piece and how to translate them from the garment to a display support. Concentrating on Western women's wear from 1750–1950, and with over 250 colour images, plus drawings and charts, you'll learn how to interpret an individual garment's display needs and create safe, appropriate display forms.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2024
ISBN
9781350328631
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Assessing the Condition of a Garment
  9. 2 Date
  10. 3 Garment Cut and Its Relationship to Underwear
  11. 4 Storyboards and Silhouettes
  12. 5 Measurements
  13. 6 Selecting and Preparing a Mannequin or Bust Form
  14. 7 Patterns and Toiles
  15. 8 Petticoats, Arms and Finishing Touches
  16. Conclusion
  17. Appendix
  18. eCopyright