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Title:
Pattern cutting for men's costume / Elizabeth Friendship.
Author:
Friendship, Elizabeth.
Publication Information:
London : Methuen Drama, 2008.
Call Number:
TT590 .F87 2008
Abstract:
"This is a practical guide to men's pattern cutting featuring every type of costume from 16th century onward: fashionable costume and ordinary clothes." "Garments are illustrated with drawings and paintings from the period, with introductions to each section explaining the historical developments affecting each costume. Numerous line diagrams show each step of drafting the pattern. alongside useful shortcuts and tips." "Includes detailed chapters on 16th century peasant costume, fashionable costume 1530-1660, fashionable costume 1660-1800 and 17th-19th century non-fashionable costume."--BOOK JACKET.
ISBN:
9781408100066
Physical Description:
220 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Getting started -- Cutting techniques -- Basic patterns -- Cutting basic patterns to individual measurements -- 16th-century peasant costume -- Fashionable costume 1530-1666 -- The coat -- Non-fashionable costume 17th-19th centuries -- Shirts -- Two miscellaneous patterns.
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