Explores the evolution of handbags and purses since 1600, examining styles designed for and adopted by men as well as women and contrasting purses used for day and evening

Bags and Purses

Politics & Social Sciences

Foster, Vanda

Social Sciences

Drama Pub

"A Visual History of Costume" is a series of easy-to-use reference guides on the history of dress. Each book covers one century. The central part of each book is a series of illustrations, in black and white and colour arranged chronologically, taken from the time of the dress itself. These include oil paintings, photographs, engravings, woodcuts and line drawings from a wide range of sources. By the use of such material the reader is given an idea of what was worn and how, without the distortions and loss of detail which modern line drawings can entail. Each illustration is captioned under the labels of head, body and accessories. The clothes are described, explained and intepreted. The reader may need to know whether a certain style was fashionable or unfashionable at a certain time, usual or unusual. The book is aimed at the student, designer and collector. Vanda Foster was formerly the Senior Assistant Keeper of Costume and Textiles in the Museum of London. She is also the author of "Bags and Purses".

The Nineteenth Century (A Visual History of Costume)

Arts & Photography

Decorative Arts & Design

Chrysalis Books

Visual History of Costume: The Nineteenth Century

Humor & Entertainment

Drama Book Publishers

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