Our new clothes acquisitions of the 1990s Richard Martin ; photographs by Karin L. Willis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Richard (Richard Harrison)

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)--Exhibitions.

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.).

Costume--Exhibitions.

Costume.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 pages) illustrations (some color)

Distribution:

Distributed by Harry N. Abrams [1999]

Place of Publication:

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art : [1999]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"An impressive array of clothing, accessories, and library materials was acquired through gift and purchase during the 1990s by The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adding substantially to its comprehensive collection gathered over fifty-five years, the costumes span three centuries, beginning with a magnificent and rare silk damask brocaded English mantua of 1708 and including a wide-ranging selection such as a luxuriously embroidered and sequinned French man's ensemble of about 1765, a sparkling Agnes Drecoll robe en pannier of 1912, a beautiful Charles James wedding gown of 1949, and a slinky gold-tone metal mesh Gianni Versace evening gown of 1997-98." "The 113 color illustrations and the illuminating text by Richard Martin add up to a fascinating overview of one decade of The Costume Institute' collecting, which conveys its ongoing dedication to the acquisition and exhibition of costumes from the earliest extant examples of the eighteenth century to the newest works of young designers."--Jacket

Contents:

Foreword Philippe de Montebello A History of Fashion The White Dress Men of Three Centuries The Americans The Contemporaries The Library

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Martin, Richard (Richard Harrison). Our new clothes

OCLC:

607409702