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
- 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
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