Recreating Historic Dress
Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns
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Recreating Historic Dress
Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns
About This Book
Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns and information for 25 never-before-published garments from the historic clothing collection at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery Resource Centre, Hereford, UK.
An accurate study of dress is dependent on the very close and careful examination of existing garments. Nancy Hills has conducted a detailed analysis of a range of garments, spanning the years 1755 through to 1954, carefully exploring what they can tell us and translating them into paper patterns. Each featured garment contains a detailed description, the pattern, historical context, and images of the full article of clothing and construction details from inside the garment. This book features an eclectic selection of clothing, including a comfortable 18th-century cotton caraco often worn for work, leisure, travel, or pregnancy, a simple cotton print dress worn in 1834 as a wedding dress, and two dresses, one from 1936 and one from 1954, that show a more elite pedigree, with their labels of popular London designers.
This book will be of interest to experienced costume designers and technicians, cutters and drapers, intermediate students of theatrical costume design, and historical reenactors.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Collection
- 1750 Pink Wool Riding Habit
- 1760 Grey-Green Silk Brocade Sack-Back
- 1775 White Cotton Caraco
- 1780 Blue-Green Grosgrain Polonaise
- 1783 Blue and White Striped Silk Polonaise
- 1805 Brown and Tan Striped Silk High Waist Dress
- 1810 White Cotton Lawn High Waist Dress with Appliques
- 1825 White Floral Print Cotton Gauze Dress
- 1834 Blue Striped Cotton Print Wedding Dress
- 1850 Green Striped Wool Printed Dress
- 1865 Cream Silk Suit with Military Trim
- 1875 Brown Wool and Brocade Cuirass
- 1889 Red Silk Ensemble with Black Faceted Beads
- 1898 Green Wool Tartan and Military Trim
- 1902 Cream Wool Tennis Dress
- 1908 Blue Silk and Lace Evening Dress
- 1910 White Cotton Dress with Lace Inserts
- 1915 Black and White Checked Wool Suit
- 1916 Pink Linen Skirt and Blouse
- 1924 Pink Silk Drop Waist Evening Dress
- 1924 Cream and Purple Striped Drop Waist Silk Dress
- 1933 Burgundy Velvet Bias Gown
- 1936 Mushroom Wool Dress and Cape
- 1945 Rose Rayon Crepe Utility Dress
- 1954 Blue Floral Brocade Evening Gown
- Recreating Fashion Exhibits
- Biographies
- Glossary of Terms
- Bibliography
- Index