This lively, illustrated book about Victorian costume during the first part of Queen Victoria's reign is a delightful introduction to a particularly rich era in costume history. From Queen to Empress vividly evokes fashionable society in Victorian England and America through paintings of the period, contemporary illustrations and photographs, and striking costume photographs taken especially for this volume.In separate chapters devoted to royal influence, underdress, evening and day wear, mourning attire, wedding clothes, and court dress, the author, a member of the staff of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers a highly readable account of the ways in which fashion influenced the dress of all but the very poorest sections of the population.By 1837, the year of Victoria's accession to the throne, the simple silhouette and printed cottons of the early nineteenth century had already begun to give way to a more elaborate style of dress. Luxurious silks and an extraordinary diversity of shapes—including huge domed skirts and elaborately molded corsets made possible by new dressmaking techniques—marked the fashionable Victorian woman by the time Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India.From Queen to Empress accompanies an exhibition that opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 1988. [This book was originally published in 1989 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]

From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress, 1837-1877

Arts & Photography

Goldthorpe, Caroline

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Metropolitan Museum of Art

<p>Hardcover: 87 pages Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art (March 1989) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810911787 ISBN-13: 978-0810911789 Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches</p>

From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress, 1837-1877 : An Exhibition at the Costume Institute December 15, 1988-April 16, 1989

History

From Queen to Empress: Victorian dress 1837-1877: An exhibition at the Costume Institute, December 15, 1988-April 16, 1989

Europe

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