Title: An elegant art
First published: 1983
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.
Subjects: History, Exhibitions, Fashion and art, Clothing and dress, Fashion, Costume, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: GT585 .L64 1983