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Fashion victims : dress at the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
- Title
- Fashion victims : dress at the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette / Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.
- Author
- Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 15-151 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
- Summary
- "This engrossing book chronicles one of the most exciting, controversial, and extravagant periods in the history of fashion: the reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell offers a carefully researched glimpse into the turbulent era's sophisticated and largely female-dominated fashion industry, which produced courtly finery as well as promoted a thriving secondhand clothing market outside the royal circle. She discusses in depth the exceptionally imaginative and uninhibited styles of the period immediately before the French Revolution, and also explores fashion's surprising influence on the course of the Revolution itself. The absorbing narrative demonstrates fashion's crucial role as a visible and versatile medium for social commentary, and shows the glittering surface of 18th-century high society as well as its seedy underbelly. Fashion Victims presents a compelling anthology of trends, manners, and personalities from the era, accompanied by gorgeous fashion plates, portraits, and photographs of rare surviving garments. Drawing upon documentary evidence, previously unpublished archival sources, and new information about aristocrats, politicians, and celebrities, this book is an unmatched study of French fashion in the late 18th century, providing astonishing insight, a gripping story, and stylish inspiration"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-342) and index.
- Call Number
- JQF 15-151
- ISBN
- 9780300154382
- 0300154380
- LCCN
- 2014012687
- OCLC
- 889941128
- Author
- Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly, author.
- Title
- Fashion victims : dress at the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette / Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-342) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 15-151