This wonderful record of the fashions of both gentleman and ladies through a period of 18 centuries, affords one an amusing and detailed description of the dress worn. The work is illustrated with 300 illustrations, and is liberally sprinkled with quotations from poetry by satirists of the day.

EonETEEN years have elapsed since the first edition of this book was printed; from that time to the present I have seen and noted much that has enabled me to make it still more useful as a book of reference. Fifty-six new engravings have been added, many of much curiosity (such as those on pp. I ll, 205, and 214), and which are not to be found in any other work on Costume. To the literary portion of the historic part of the book I have added much; and nearly doubled the Glossary, which I have also endeavoured to make, by means of crossreferences, a sort of index to the whole. The favour with which the book has been received demanded thus much at my hands. To me it has been a labour of love. A knowledge of costume is in some degree inseparable from a right knowledge of history. We can scarcely read its events without in some measure picturing in the minds eye the appearance of the actors; while correct information on this point has become an acknowledged essential to the historical painter. The reign of imaginary costume has reached its close. A conviction of the necessity and value of truth in this particular has been the slow growth of the last half-century. A deaf ear was long tu... [Read More]

Sir Richard Colt Hoare commences his great work on ancient Wiltshire with this quotation : "We speak from facts, not theory, adding, " such is the motto I adopt,and to this text I shall most strictly adhere " and I would wish, at whatever distance, to follow in the track of so worthy a guide.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possib... [Read More]

It is now more than three years ago since the groundwork of the present volume was laid in the A rt-U nion, by the contribution to that journal of a series of Notes on British Costume, expressly designed for the use of artists, and in which a knowledge of the pecuharities of dress in England was attempted to be given, principally by an appeal to the eye, through the aid of woodcuts, copied from authentic antique originals, without any attempt at modernisation or alteration. The materials for such a work were so scattered and voluminous, and the books so expensive which were devoted to this subject, that Mr. S. C. Hall, the editor of that journal, considered it would be a useful labour to bring together these notices and representations in a more popular form; and my original intention of compiU ng it in the form of a glossary was abandoned for that of a consecutive narrative, as it was adjudged to be most available for general purposes. The following pages contain all that was given in theN otes above named; but additional information has been added, which has nearly trebled the original amount, and many new and curious illustrations are for the first time given; several of the old... [Read More]

Original or facsimile of classic 1885 work by F.W. Fairholt and revised by H.A. Dillon. With over 700 illustrations, this volume II on Costume in England -- A History of Dress to the end of the Eighteenth Century has terms related to fashion, dress and accessories arranged alphabetically from bone and flint, bronze, and leather to royal dress, Anglo-Saxon fashion, brass rubbings of knights of the middle ages, a gentleman from the 15th century, and on up to the late 1700s. An important reference for historians, costumers, designers, and artists.

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