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Offering a comprehensive resource for creating period costumes, this guide spans from the fifth-century Saxon tunics to late nineteenth-century bustle dresses. It features a wealth of authentic patterns, detailed information on sizes, materials, and sewing techniques. Simple diagrams accompany designs for various historical garments, including Elizabethan doublets, Restoration coats, and eighteenth-century gowns. Ideal for theatrical productions and historical reenactments, this richly illustrated work ensures accuracy and authenticity in costume creation.
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Historic Costumes, Mary Fernald, Eileen Shenton
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Historic Costumes
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Making Them
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Fernald, Eileen Shenton
- Publisher
- Greenpoint Books, LLC
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Pages
- 174
- ISBN13
- 9781621389934
- Description
- Offering a comprehensive resource for creating period costumes, this guide spans from the fifth-century Saxon tunics to late nineteenth-century bustle dresses. It features a wealth of authentic patterns, detailed information on sizes, materials, and sewing techniques. Simple diagrams accompany designs for various historical garments, including Elizabethan doublets, Restoration coats, and eighteenth-century gowns. Ideal for theatrical productions and historical reenactments, this richly illustrated work ensures accuracy and authenticity in costume creation.