What clothes reveal : the language of clothing in colonial and federal America : the Colonial Williamsburg Collection / by Linda Baumgarten.

Author/creator Baumgarten, Linda
Other author Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Format Book
Publication InfoWilliamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002.
Descriptionxii, 265 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Subjects
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
United States--Social life and customs. --To 1775.
United States--Social conditions. --To 1865.

SeriesWilliamsburg decorative arts series
Williamsburg decorative arts series. ^A284912
Contents Introduction : collecting costumes at Colonial Williamsburg -- ch. 1. Costume : old and new connoisseurship -- ch. 2. The myths and meanings of clothing -- ch. 3. Homespun and silk : American clothing -- ch. 4. Common dress : clothing for daily life -- ch. 5. Cradle to coffin : life passages reflected in clothing -- ch. 6. Tailoring meaning : alterations in eighteenth-century clothing -- Conclusion : listening to clothes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 252-257) and index.
LCCN 2002007297
ISBN0879352167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0300095805 (Yale Univ. Press : hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks - Oversize GT607 .B38 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold