The Seventeenth Century"A Visual History of Costume" is a series of easy-to-use reference guides on the history of dress. Each book covers one century. The central part of each book is a series of illustrations, in black and white and colour arranged chronologically, taken from the time of the dress itself. These include oil paintings, photographs, engravings, woodcuts and line drawings from a wide range of sources." |
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1st Earl Albert Museum Anthony van Dyck bodice Body braid brimmed buttons canvas National Portrait canvas Suffolk Collection canvas The Tate colour contrasting costume Countess cravat curls Daniel Mytens decolletage decorated doublet Dyck edged embroidered embroidery English Engraving falling band Fashion plate Private front full breeches gemstone Gheeraedts gloves Greater London Council Head The hair Homme de qualité J. D. de St jerkin John Michael Wright knot lace collar Lady Lely linen loosely mantua moustache Museum of London narrow National Portrait Gallery neckline Oil on canvas panes pearls petticoat petticoat breeches pinned plain plate Private Collection pleats qualité en habit Queen revealing ribbon ringlets rosettes ruff ruffles scarf seventeenth century shallow shirt sleeves shoes shoulder cape shoulder wings sitters smock sleeves standing collar style of dress tabs Tate Gallery tiered trunkhose Unknown artist Note Victoria & Albert waist waistcoat waistline wear Wenceslas Hollar wide women worn