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Dress in Anglo-Saxon England

"The book discusses what modern observers can and cannot deduce from medieval representations of clothing, questioning stereotypes. The numerous illustrations, including specially commissioned colour plates, photographs and drawings, demonstrate clothing in contemporary art (manuscripts, ivories, metalwork, stone sculpture, mosaics), and focus on surviving dress fasteners and accessories, explaining types and geographical-chronological distribution." "The colour reconstructions of early Anglo-Saxon dress are complemented by a cutting pattern for a gown from the Bayeux Tapestry (by Robin Netherton). Old English garment names are discussed throughout and a glossary is appended."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2004
Rev. and enl. ed View all formats and editions
Boydell Press, Woodbridge [England], 2004
History
xix, 400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
9781843830818, 9781843835721, 1843830817, 184383572X
56050995
A historical framework
Women's costume in the fifth and sixth centuries
Men's costume in the fifth and sixth centuries
Women's costume from the seventh to the ninth centuries
Men's costume from the seventh to the ninth centuries
Women's costume in the tenth and eleventh centuries
Men's costume in the tenth and eleventh centuries
Textiles and textile production
The significance of dress
Appendix A : Old English garment-names
Appendix B : a possible cutting plan for an eleventh-century gown / Robin Netherton