Style & splendour : the wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway, 1896-1938 / Anne Kjellberg and Susan North.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kjellberg, Anne.

Contributor:

North, Susan, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maud, Queen of Norway--Clothing--Exhibitions.

Maud.

Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo.

Fashion--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Fashion.

Fashion--Norway--Oslo--Exhibitions.

History.

Norway--Oslo.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Style and splendour

Style and splendor

Place of Publication:

London : V & A ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, 2005.

Summary:

Queen Maud of Norway was renowned for her stylish dress. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, she was born a princess and became Queen of Norway in 1905. She had exemplary taste and a strong interest in fashion, and her royal lifestyle required appropriate dress for every occasion. Her wardrobe includes a range of stunning creations dating from her wedding trousseau of 1896 to the latest Worth designs purchased just months before her death in 1938.

Queen Maud's clothes document an extraordinary era of fashion history, from the decorative but elaborate dress of the Victorian era to the streamlined chic of the 1930s: clothes for the modern working monarch. Her wardrobe encompasses the public and private like no other collection, from sumptuous state gowns and elegant evening dresses for official occasions to riding habits, winter sportswear, and simple tailored suits for afternoons in the garden with her grandchildren.

Maud engaged with contemporary fashion throughout her long life, and commissioned many of the great designers of the day, notably Worth, Blancquaert and Morin-Blossier. Her wardrobe illustrates the impeccable standards of couture dressmaking and tailoring of the period. Flawlessly beaded gowns, perfectly cut and hand-finished suits, beautifully embroidered and appliqued dresses all exemplify the superb workmanship of the era. Style and Splendour showcases some of the most spectacular garments, now in the collection of the National Museum of Art/Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo, and sets them properly in the context of Queen Maud's life and times.

Contents:

Queen Maud of Norway 1869-1938 10

Royal Robes: 'Behold! I am a Queen!!!' 13

Evening Dresses: 'A Queen of Fairy Tales' 20

Daywear: 'Simple and modest clothes' 44

Sportswear: 'we lived out of doors & went on skis & tobogganed & sleighed' 65

Accessories: 'all her boots and shoes and the variety is both great and pretty' 70

Designers: '...I must get myself 2 new dresses...' 76

French

Worth

Morin-Blossier

British

Redfern

Vernon

Madame Duboc

Barolet

Blancquert

Norwegian

Sylvian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112).

ISBN:

1851774548

OCLC:

57062147