The cut of men's clothes, 1600-1900.
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1964
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Costume -- History.; Tailoring -- History.
First sentence: At the beginning of the seventeenth century a man's suit of clothes consisted of doublet, breeches, and cape or casaque (cassock).
Description: Waugh sews through the evolution of men's dress styles using a series accurately scaled down diagrams from patterns of garments.  There are photographs of suits of some diagrams while other diagrams are reproduced from paintings and old prints.  These illustrate complete costumes with accessories. Waugh also quotes contemporary sources: diaries, travelers' accounts and tailors' bills to supplement her text.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157.
Table of contents: pagenum: 11
class: chapter
title: Introduction; title: Part One: 1600-1680; pagenum: 14
title: 1600-1680; pagenum: 18
title: Cutting Diagram; pagenum: 34
title: Seventeenth-century Tailoring; pagenum: 39
title: Seventeenth-century Tailor's Diagrams; pagenum: 43
title: Quotations from Contemporary Sources; title: Part Two 1680-1800; pagenum: 52
title: 1680-1800; pagenum: 58
title: Cutting Diagram; pagenum: 86
title: Eighteenth-centruy Tailoring; pagenum: 93
title: Eighteenth-century Tailor's Diagrams; pagenum: 99
title: Quotations from Contemporary Sources; title: Part Three: 1800-1900; pagenum: 112
title: 1800-1900; pagenum: 122
title: Cutting Diagrams; pagenum: 130
title: Nineteenth-century Tailoring; pagenum: 133
title: Nineteenth-century Tailor's Diagrams; pagenum: 150
title: Quotations from Contemporary Sources; pagenum: 157
title: Bibliography; pagenum: 158
title: List of Artisits, Engravers and Illustrators; pagenum: 159
title: Index