It’s all text and drawings, fanatically detailed drawings in which every seam has been measured and noted, every button or hook accounted for… In short, when Ms. Its pages contain not a smidgen of color. It isn’t a gorgeous book, like the coffee-table size V&A or university press publications. When I’m working on a scene where the characters’ clothes are very important for one reason or another, the book I’m most likely to open first is Nancy Bradfield’s Costume in Detail 1730-1930. Today the spotlight is one of my most-frequently-consulted. Thanks to NHG Susan’s many enticing suggestions, my collection of costume books has become what some might call excessive. OL8634449W Page_number_confidence 96.04 Pages 406 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220805093212 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 255 Scandate 20220729160454 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780896762176 Tts_version 5.As my numerous posts from fashion magazines attest, I spend a lot of time these days studying and thinking about historic dress. Urn:lcp:costumeindetail10000brad:epub:4d5f91ce-4a7d-49fb-bf63-0357eca5a1e8 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier costumeindetail10000brad Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2tkqb6t8gn Invoice 1652 Isbn 0896762173ĩ780896762176 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9887 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200505 Openlibrary_edition 2nd Edition: 1981.'Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:00:57 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40621421 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Previously published: London : Harrap, 1981 Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-385) and index Now, in these detailed drawings, their delicate charm is preserved so that the dress can be studied from every aspect.'. Only a mere handful of the dresses or accessories featured in this book have ever been seen by the general public some of them are too frail ever to be put on view. Many years of research into dresses, accessories and underwear in private collections have culminated in this remarkably fine set of highly skilled, well documented drawings and detailed studies, which show not only the outside of the garment from various views, but the inside construction as well. 'Written by a leading authority in her field, Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 is an invaluable source of information to those concerned with fashion, with period dress, with history, and with theater, film, or television.

Costume in detail by nancy bradfield