Seventeenth-Century Girls’s Costume Patterns: Ebook 1

This progressive and breathtakingly detailed guide from the V&A presents costume patterns, building particulars, embroidery, and making directions (together with a knitting sample and lacemaking) for 15 clothes and equipment from a Seventeenth-century British lady’s wardrobe. Step-by-step drawings of the development sequence and scale patterns for every garment allow readers to precisely reconstruct them. There are scale diagrams for making linen and metallic thread laces, silk braids, and embroidery designs. A number of images, close-up building particulars, and X-ray pictures reveal the hidden parts of the garments, the variety of layers, and the stitches used inside. This primary guide in a brand new collection takes the bodily examination and research of historic clothes to a brand new depth and diploma of element, utilizing the experience of designers, tailors, and makers from London’s Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.