Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations Paperback - 1998
by Carol Belanger Grafton (Editor)
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Women's fashions during the second half of the nineteenth century offered a delightful display of styles reflecting English, French, and American tastes. This comprehensive treasury of more than 900 crisp black-and-white illustrations―arranged chronologically and dated by year―provides a rich pictorial record of clothing styles from that period. Suitable for a wide variety of graphic projects, these cuts will especially appeal to artists and illustrators in search of finely rendered images of authentic Victorian fashions.
Selected by graphic artist Carol Belanger Grafton from such vintage sources as Harper's Bazar, La Mode Illustre, Peterson's Magazine, Godey's Salon de la Mode and Frank Leslie's Ladies' Magazine, the cuts brim with clear detail and old-time flavor as they record a wealth of evolving styles―from ornate gowns of the mid-1800s, widened by hoop skirts and elaborately enhanced with ribbons, ruffles, laces, and bows, to turn-of-the-century fashions that produced leg-o'-mutton sleeves, narrowed skirts, diminished bustles, and high-necked bodices (except for evening wear, which exhibited a more daring neckline).
Here, for copyright-free use, are hundreds of elegant dresses accented with intricately embroidered designs, shirtwaists featuring lace inserts, and row upon row of tiny pleats, tightly laced undergarments, wide-brimmed hats topped with feathers, flowers, and ribbon; beaded handbags, magnificent parasols, fur-trimmed capes, and much, much more.
An invaluable reference to period clothing styles for designers, illustrators, and costume historians, this magnificent archive―with its entertaining glimpse of the fashions of yesteryear―will also delight casual browsers and lovers of Victoriana.
Original Dover (1999) publication.
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- Title Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations
- Author Carol Belanger Grafton (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-01-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780486402215 / 0486402215
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 11.96 x 9 x 0.34 in (30.38 x 22.86 x 0.86 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Library of Congress subjects Clothing and dress - History - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98049148
- Dewey Decimal Code 391.009
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