Style & Society
Dressing the Georgians
$111.61
- Hardcover
344 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2023
Summary
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians reveals what we can learn about society in Georgian Britain through the sumptuous fashionable dress of the era. Explore the history of Georgian clothing through the unique holdings of the Royal Collection, from masterpieces by such artists as Gainsborough and Hogarth, drawings, miniatures, fashion periodicals, swords and jewellery to surviving examples of carefully preserved garments and accessories.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909741850 |
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| ISBN-10: | 190974185X |
| Author: | Anna Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Royal Collection Trust |
| Imprint: | Royal Collection Trust |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 2.51kg |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 300mm x 303mm |
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Critics Review
“The book is incredibly well researched, and Reynolds writes in such an easy and accessible way. She covers everything from towering powdered updos to underwear and military garb to the 18th-century London rag trade. My dream coffee table book.”– “Christie’s”
Anna Reynolds
Anna Reynolds is Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures, Royal Collection Trust. She has a master’s degree in the History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute of Art. In 2012 she delivered a paper on Democratising Fashion at the TEDx conference at the Houses of Parliament. She is the author of In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion (2013) and A Royal Welcome (2015), and has contributed to Royal Childhood (2014) and Portrait of the Artist (2016).
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