A practical guide to the making of historical costumes for the stage and screen, or for re-enactments, this is an in depth guide to different historical periods of clothing. Highly illustrated the book contains dress and clothing patterns to work from, examples of contemporary illustrations and working methods for making doublets, breeches, waistcoats, gowns, full-skirted coats and many more designs, accurately placed in their historical period.
Originally published in 1937 this is a helpful guide to the styles of dress with plenty of historical information covering Saxon, Norman, Early Tudor, Elizabethan, Queen Anne, Georgian to Victorian periods of costume.
Illustrations: Fully illustrated.
