The History of Underclothes

An authoritative survey of undergarments worn by the English in the last six hundred years. A well written and illustrated study of underwear, from the time of Chaucer to the Early part of the Twentieth Century, taking you from the medieval labourer to the flapper via their intimate apparel. If you have ever wanted to know what was worn beneath the smock, or helped to reinforce a sense of modest propriety in the time of Queen Victoria, needed a design for a hooped petticoat or a corset then this is the book! Detailed contemporary illustrations throughout.

Illustrations: 119 illustrations and photographs. 
Size: 137 x 210 mm