A wide historic survey of clothing from the Ancient World to the Mid-1800's this is an in depth look at clothing types which includes surviving examples, statues and decorative arts showing dress, patterns and details, and more.
Areas and styles include Assyrians and Babylonians, Persians, Cretans, Greeks, Romans, Teutonic peoples, with in depth chapters on the centuries that follow. A fully illustrated, detailed resource with information on recreating the costumes of the past.
