Creating the Perfect Form: How to Interpret and Display Historic Dress

by: Janet Wood (Author)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Publication Date: 2024/6/27

Language: English

Print Length: 192 pages

ISBN-10: 1350328650

ISBN-13: 9781350328655

Book Description

How can the cut of a 19th century gown control its shape? Can you re-create a historic profile from a contemporary mannequin? How can paintings help you analyse historic silhouettes and the corsets and petticoats wo undeeath? Conservation and historic dress display specialist Janet Wood will help you answer all these questions. You’ll lea how historic garments can be safely handled and shown to best effect, with insight into the characteristic features of each piece and how to translate them from the garment to a display support.Concentrating on Weste women’s wear from 1750–1950, and with over 250 colour images, plus drawings and charts, you’ll lea how to interpret an individual garment’s display needs and create safe, appropriate display forms.

About the Author

How can the cut of a 19th century gown control its shape? Can you re-create a historic profile from a contemporary mannequin? How can paintings help you analyse historic silhouettes and the corsets and petticoats wo undeeath? Conservation and historic dress display specialist Janet Wood will help you answer all these questions. You’ll lea how historic garments can be safely handled and shown to best effect, with insight into the characteristic features of each piece and how to translate them from the garment to a display support.Concentrating on Weste women’s wear from 1750–1950, and with over 250 colour images, plus drawings and charts, you’ll lea how to interpret an individual garment’s display needs and create safe, appropriate display forms.