Dress and Detail from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Synopsis

Features garments from within the reserve collection at the Gallery of English Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester, with examples of passementerie, embroidered and thread buttons. Illustrates items of both male and female dress from the 18th and 19th centuries together with detailed enlargements of their decoration.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; 44 slides.

Year of production

1994

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £45.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Accompanying 13-page text with introduction, commentary, bibliography.

Uses

Study of the history of fashion, embroidery and needlecraft.

Subjects

Crafts

Keywords

embroidery; needlework; textiles

Credits

Writer

Ann Gibson

Distributor

Name

Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design

Email

c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Web

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0161 247 1930

Fax

0161 247 6897

Address

The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG