100 things to wear : fashion from the collections of the National Trust
Slocombe, Emma2025
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The National Trust looks after more than 30,000 items of dress - from attire of extraordinary luxury to practical, everyday working clothes. This illustrated book features a selection of 100 important examples charting over 500 years of changing tastes and fashions. It explores the breadth and depth of the National Trust's dress collection, from attire of extraordinary luxury to everyday items worn by those who lived and worked in the Trust's historic houses. Held at properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the collection showcases a wealth of lived experiences from the opulence of the Tudors to the Windrush generation.
Main title:
100 things to wear : fashion from the collections of the National Trust / Emma Slocombe, Helen Antrobus ; introduction by Patrick Grant.
Author:
Slocombe, Emma, authorAntrobus, Helen, author
Imprint:
London : National Trust Books, 2025.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780707804705 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.00942391.0094
LC class:
GT730
Local class:
391.009
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4288194
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