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The dress diary : secrets from a Victorian woman's wardrobe / Kate Strasdin.

Strasdin, Kate, (author.).

Summary:

Through the discovery of one Victorian woman's textile scrapbook, a fashion historian and museum curator unravels the secrets within its pages and the lives of the people within, charting, piece by piece, the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes people wear.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1639364218
  • ISBN: 9781639364213
  • Physical Description: 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: A beautiful memory -- Family -- Abroad -- Letters from home -- Return.
Subject:
Sykes, Anne > Diaries.
Clothing and dress > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Clothing and dress > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Social aspects.
Textile fabrics > History > 19th century > Social aspects.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nantahala Regional Library.

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Murphy Public Library 391.0094 STR (Text) 80605003692695 Adult Nonfiction Available -