An elegant art
Subtitle: fashion & fantasy in the eighteenth century : Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection of costumes and textiles
By: organized by Edward Maeder ; essays by Edward Maeder ... [et al.].
Contributors: Maeder, Edward.
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; H.N. Abrams
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Los Angeles; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Clothing and dress -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions; Fashion -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions; Fashion and art -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Close-up look at fashionable eighteenth-century society, in which ... dress was a symbol of social and political position. Seven American and British authorities on costume and textiles have written the book's ... essays on the elegant art of dress ... Fabrics and their manufacture are ... illustrated ... The book includes a catalogue of more than 400 objects from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ... the glossary's 270 terms ... an illustrated appendix on conservation ... 268 illustrations, including 58 plates in full color"--Dustjacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 249-252.