The story of clothes. With drawings by Agnes and Jack Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Roy Publishers [1958?]Description: 260 p. illus. 21 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Man begins to clothe himself -- Man learns how to make fabrics -- Clothes in ancient Egypt -- Old Testament times -- In Crete and ancient Greece -- Clothes in northern Europe -- The reign of the toga -- In early Christian times -- At the Byzantine court -- The clothes of the 'barbarians' -- In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Clothes are made to fit -- Sleeves, hats and pointed toes -- Man becomes broad and square -- Bombast, farthingales and ruffs -- Cavalier elegance and Puritan plainness -- Ribbons and periwigs -- Coats and waistcoats come to stay -- Hoops and panniers -- France imitates ancient Greece -- The age of the crinoline -- What will come next?
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks GT515.A4 1958 1 Available 33710000514567

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Man begins to clothe himself -- Man learns how to make fabrics -- Clothes in ancient Egypt -- Old Testament times -- In Crete and ancient Greece -- Clothes in northern Europe -- The reign of the toga -- In early Christian times -- At the Byzantine court -- The clothes of the 'barbarians' -- In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Clothes are made to fit -- Sleeves, hats and pointed toes -- Man becomes broad and square -- Bombast, farthingales and ruffs -- Cavalier elegance and Puritan plainness -- Ribbons and periwigs -- Coats and waistcoats come to stay -- Hoops and panniers -- France imitates ancient Greece -- The age of the crinoline -- What will come next?