Victorian & Edwardian fashion : a photographic survey / by Alison Gernsheim.
"Noted photo-historian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices and crinolines as people actually wore them from 1840 to 1914. 235 early photos show aristocrats and the middle class (as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, etc.). A commentary and annotations to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dover Publications,
[1981]
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| Summary: | "Noted photo-historian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices and crinolines as people actually wore them from 1840 to 1914. 235 early photos show aristocrats and the middle class (as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, etc.). A commentary and annotations to the photos describe and identify the costumes."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 104 pages, 128 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-100) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0486242056 9780486242057 |