Clothing the Past: Surviving Garments from Early Medieval to Early Modern Western Europe

by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Elizabeth Coatsworth

An astonishing number of medieval garments survive, more-or-less complete. Here the authors present 100 items, ranging from homely to princely. The book's wide-ranging introduction discusses the circumstances in which garments have survived to the present; sets and collections; constructional and decorative techniques; iconography; inscriptions on garments; style and fashion. Detailed descriptions and discussions explain technique and ornament, investigate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004288708
• ISBN13: 9789004288706
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.8"