Title: High fashion in the church :
Authors: Johnstone, Pauline.
Date: 2002
Publisher: Maney,
Physical description: 165 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Language: English
LC classification: N
Abstract: "The aim of this book is to trace the development of decorative style in the vestments through ten centuries, with reference to the influence of fashions in the applied arts in general. It is hoped that the high level of illustration (nearly 300 items, of which 110 are in full colour) will introduce the reader to a visually exciting and much neglected aspect of the decorative arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The Origins and Development of the Vestments -- Liturgical Colours -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance -- Baroque and Rococo -- The Nineteenth Century and After -- Some Regional Differences in the Arrangement of Orphreys and Apparels -- The Principal Christian Symbols Used in Vestment Decoration in the Past.
Subject headings (LCSH): Church vestments--History.; Ecclesiastical embroidery--History.