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Dress in France in the eighteenth century / Madeleine Delpierre ; translated by Caroline Beamish.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delpierre, Madeleine.
- Standardized Title:
- Se vêtir au XVIIIe siècle. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Costume--France--History--18th century.
- Costume.
- History.
- France--Social life and customs.
- France.
- Manners and customs.
- France--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 166 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- This charming book examines European dress as it evolved in 18th-century France, the country which had already established itself as the arbiter of fashionable taste in this most elegant of eras. All those interested in the culture of 18th-century France or in fashion of an earlier age will find this book an entertaining and informative survey. 50 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-163).
- ISBN:
- 0300071280
- OCLC:
- 37238985
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