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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Some very light tanning to page edges. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Fragments of 16th-century clothing are scattered all over the world: shoes in a monastery in Germany the frame of a headdress in London a trunk full of murder victims’ clothes in Sweden a silk jerkin in Los Angeles and an embroidered bodice in Tokyo. These are some of the frustratingly small clues that hint at the hidden world of historical clothes. The demanding detective work required to reconstruct the dress of a long-gone 16th-century person is daunting and yet as with any good mystery the discoveries along the way promise to be as exciting as the solution. Four main sources of evidence are available for scrutiny. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. Together they provide a richer insight into the clothes of the past than would any single source. There is a natural tendency to give pictorial references premier position over the other three which are written documents of the period the archaeological record and research by reputable costume historians d of what was Only this last resource deliberately sets out to provide a clear record of being worn by whom and for what at a specific date. (LL)