Historic Costumes and How to Make Them

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This practical and informative guidebook is a “must-have” for anyone planning to create accurate period costumes for theatrical productions and historical reenactments. From short tunics worn by Saxon

  • Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
  • Author: Fernald, Mary
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 176
  • Publish Date: June 23, 2006
  • ISBN10: 0486449068
  • Language: English
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Author: Mary Fernald

This practical and informative guidebook is a “must-have” for anyone planning to create accurate period costumes for theatrical productions and historical reenactments. From short tunics worn by Saxon men in the fifth century to a lady’s bustle dress of the late 1800s, this profusely illustrated text contains a wealth of authentic patterns. Information on pattern sizes, materials required, and methods of sewing accompany simply drawn diagrams for Elizabethan doublets, capes, and trunks; a man’s coat and vest from the Restoration period; a lady’s bell-shaped gown of the eighteenth century; an early-nineteenth-century empire gown; a crinoline; and other wardrobe items.
Diagrams have been carefully and accurately drawn to scale from working patterns, and detailed notes for making costumes include suggestions for the most suitable colors and textures to be used for costumes of particular historical periods. A final section includes diagrams and information for creating period headdresses, caps, and hoods. Students of costume design, home tailors, and community drama groups will welcome this carefully researched guide to fifteen centuries of English fashions.

Author: Mary Fernald, Eileen Shenton
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/23/2006
Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.46w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780486449067
Language: English

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Author

Fernald, Mary

Binding

ISBN10

0486449068

Page Count

176

Published Date

June 23, 2006

Language

ISBN13

9780486449067

Catalog Number

FA25338

Series

Dover Fashion and Costumes

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