Draping period costumes: classical Greek to Victorian

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"Draping Period Costumes provides you with the skill set you need to break away from two-dimensional patterns to drape three dimensional costumes. The basics of draping are explained in precise detail, followed by step-by-step draping projects from multiple historical periods. More...Packed with photographs that illustrate every seam, pleat, and tuck, you'll never be lost with this comprehensive guide. -Includes information on measurements, necessary tools, and basic rules of draping -Covers co…

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Full title :Draping period costumes : classical Greek to Victorian / Sharon Sobel.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Focal Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 211 pages : : color illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780240821337, 0240821335
oclc:on1156776588
LC Classification:TT520

Getting started : Setting up : The proper dress form ; Measurements ; Adapting the dress form ; Proper care of your dress form ; Draping basics : Tools and equipment ; Fabric ; Straight of grain ; Listen to what the fabric is telling you ; Start with a fitted sloper ; Transferring your pattern to paper -- Early, unstructured garments : Ancient Greek costume : The Greek doric chiton ; The Greek himation ; The Greek doric peplos ; The Greek ionic chiton ; The Greek diplas ; Roman costume : The Roman tunic ; The Roman toga ; Byzantine costume : The Byzantine tunic ; The Byzantine paludamentum ; Early Gothic costume : Early Gothic tunic ; Early Gothic overgarments -- Cut and shaped to fit: the Gothic period : The man's padded doublet ; The man's fitted cotehardie ; The man's pleated jerkin ; The standing collar ; The woman's fitted gown (cote or kirtle) ; The unisex houppelande (A-line gown) ; Woman's high-waisted gown (Houppelane) with fitted bodice -- The height of artificial silhouette : A woman's Elizabethan bodice ; A man's Elizabethan doublet with a padded peascod belly ; The man's Elizabethan jerkin -- The men return to softness ... : Draping an early-seventeenth-century (caval…

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Clothing and dress Clothing and dress -- History. -- Europe Clothing and dress -- History. -- Greece Clothing and dress -- History. -- Rome Costume -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 Costume -- Medieval Costume (Arts décoratifs) -- Histoire -… Couture (Profession) Dress forms dressmaking Europe fashion dolls Greece History lay figures manikins (teaching aids) Mannequins Mannequins (Figures) Rome (Empire)