for the expert seeking accuracy and attention to detail, as well as to students. She went on to become a respected artist who specialised in the depiction of historical costumes from the time of William the Conqueror to the mid 1980s. Due to the old publication of this book, this book is second hand and has some wear and tear to the outside jacket cover but is in very good condition on the inside. Costume in Detail: 1730-1930 by Bradfield, Nancy (1997) Paperback Paperback 4 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 35.95 7 Used from 31.00 4 New from 35. Historical Costumes Of England 1066-1968 Hardcover by Nancy Bradfield. This is an excellent reference book for any costume student, designer or fashion historian. The book is a standard work for anyone professionally or educationally involved in costume history but will also appeal to those interested in period costumes. With a comprehensive and lucid text, carefully indexed and with over 500 illustrations, this is an invaluable source of reference for the expert seeking accuracy and attention to detail, as well as to students. Attention has been drawn only to the main styles of dress that have been worn in England from the time when the earliest visual records were made and to give approximately the periods when the main changes in fashion occurred. Inspired mainly from original sources throughout England, this is the crystallisation of many years spent in an analytical study of both men and women's costume ranging from contemporary paintings, sculpture and monumental brasses, to actual collections of costumes in both museums and private collections.

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