Recreating Historic Dress

Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-03-262461-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns and information for 25 never-before-published garments from the historic clothing collection at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery Resource Centre, Hereford, UK.

An accurate study of dress is dependent on the very close and careful examination of existing garments. Nancy Hills has conducted a detailed analysis of a range of garments, spanning the years 1755 through to 1954, carefully exploring what they can tell us and translating them into paper patterns. Each featured garment contains a detailed description, the pattern, historical context, and images of the full article of clothing and construction details from inside the garment. This book features an eclectic selection of clothing, including a comfortable 18th-century cotton caraco often worn for work, leisure, travel, or pregnancy, a simple cotton print dress worn in 1834 as a wedding dress, and two dresses, one from 1936 and one from 1954, that show a more elite pedigree, with their labels of popular London designers.

This book will be of interest to experienced costume designers and technicians, cutters and drapers, intermediate students of theatrical costume design, and historical reenactors.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hills, Nancy E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Antiquitäten, Sammelobjekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Modedesign, Stoffe, Schmuckdesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  2. About the Collection  3. 1750 Pink Wool Riding Habit  4. 1760 Grey-Green Silk Sack-Back  5. 1775 White Cotton Caraco  6. 1780 Egg Shell Blue Grosgrain Polonaise  7. 1783 Striped Silk Polonaise  8. 1805 Brown & Tan Striped Cotton High Waist Dress  9. 1810 Cotton Lawn Applique  10. 1825 White Cotton Gauze with Lavender Floral Print Dress  11. 1834 Blue Striped Cotton Print Wedding Dress  12. 1850 Green Striped Print Wool Day Dress  13. 1865 Floral Cream and Purple Silk Suit with Military Trim  14. 1875 Brown Wool & Brocade Cuirass  15. 1889 Red Ensemble Silk Dress  16. 1898 Green Wool Tartan Suit with Fur and Military Trim  17. 1902 Cream Wool Tennis Dress  18. 1908 Steele Blue Silk and Tan Lace Evening Gown  19. 1910 White Cotton Dress with Lace Inserts  20. 1915 Black and White Checked Wool Suit  21. 1916 Pink Linen Skirt and Blouse  22. 1924 Pink Drop Waist Evening Dress  23. 1924 Cream and Purple Stripe Silk Dress  24. 1933 Burgundy Velvet Bias Gown  25. 1936 Mushroom Wool Georgette Dress and Cape  26. 1945 Rose Rayon Crepe Utility Dress  27. 1954 Blue Floral Brocade Evening Gown  28. Symphony in White, Shades of White & More Shades of White

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy E. Hills is a Full Professor at Utah State University, where she is head of the Theatre Costume Design program. Shows featuring her period piece designs include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Miser, Enchanted April, Our Country’s Good, Emma, Much Ado About Nothing, Anna Karenina, A Christmas Carol, The Moors, Pericles, and Misalliance. In 2013, Nancy gave a TEDxTalk on the impact of WWII on clothing called Make Do and Mend and was the recipient of the Janet Arnold Award from the Society of Antiquaries in London.

Scott Nicklas is a graphic designer at Sports Training Systems in Portland, Oregon, where he specializes in developing educational materials for international gymnastics judges around the world. An Oregon State University graduate with a BFA in Graphic Design, in 2014 Scott designed graphic displays for Nancy's exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries, including Symphony in White, Shades of White, and More Shades of White.