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| MISCELLANY |
| Browne, Clare (ed.). Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996 | see amazon.com |
 Mostly
designs painted on paper, to be woven later at the Spitalfields silk manufacturies.
Covers the whole 18th century as far as England is concerned.  |
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| Dupont-Auberville, A. Full-Color Historic Textile Designs. New York: Dover Publications, 1995. | see amazon.com |
 The
book is a reprint of a late 19th century "pattern book", one of
the many from that time on the gerneral theme of ornamentation. It lacks
explanations as the orginal explanatory plates were left out, and the print
quality could be better (that's probably a shortcoming carried over from
the original). Still, if you need info on which colours or patterns were
used during a certain period, this one is a good bargain as it covers many
eras while not being overly expensive. |
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| King, Donald, and Santina Levey. The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection : Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1995. | apparently out of stock |
 Few
of the textiles in here are from garments, but it's awfully good inspiration
for embroidery patterns and techniques, and general fabric decoration. Contains
a lot of very detailed pictures. |
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| Levey, Santina M. Lace: A History. Quite Specific Media Group Ltd, 2002 | see amazon.com |
| Rothstein, Natalie (ed). A lady of fashion : Barbara Johnson's album of styles and fabrics. New York: Thames and Hudson , 1987 | only at amazon.co.uk |
Barbara Johnson kept a sort of diary of her dresses, with
swatches of fabric, descriptions, and costs.The range is roughly 1780s to
1810s.  |
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(As far as discussed on this site)
| Yamanaka Norio. The Book of Kimono. Tôkyô: Kodansha, 1982 | see amazon.com |
 The
only kimono book in English, with a brief history, dyeing techniques, how
to wear, etiquette... all you need. |
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| Japanese Textiles (20 volumes). Tôkyô: Kyôto Shoin, 1993~ | appears to be available only from Japanese book shops or the Publisher. If I interpret the Kanji correctly, the address is: Kyôto Shoin, 8-6-1102 Akiguchi, Bunkyô-ku 1-chôme, Tôkyô 112. Fax: +81-3-5251-5943 |
| Each small, bilingual (Japanese/English)
volume is dedicated to a certain decorative technique or kind of kimono.
With details on techniques and pictures of outstanding examples. |
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| Szeibert-Sülzenfuhs, Rita. Die Münchnerinnen und ihre Tracht. Dachau: Verlagsanstalt "Bayernland",1997 | see amazon.de |
 Best
resource on Munich ladies' costume and its history I've seen so far. Like
most books on the subject, it deals mainly with the costume of c. 1800-1840
(the "classic" era), but has some material on the development
of garment items through the centuries before that. In German. |
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| Laturell, Volker D. Trachten in und um München. Geschichte - Entwicklung - Erneuerung. München: Buchendorfer, 1998 | see amazon.de |
| The second best resource I know. The main
focus is the Tracht renewal movement in Munich and neighbouring regions,
providing material on the development of the costume of the area in the
18th and 19th centuries. |
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