{"product_id":"historic-costumes-mary-fernald-9781621389941","title":"Historic Costumes: A Guide to Making Them","description":"This practical guide to historical costume is essential for anyone planning to create accurate period costumes for theatrical productions or historical reenactments. From the short tunics of Saxon men of the fifth century to a lady's bustle dress of the late nineteenth century, this richly illustrated work offers an abundance of authentic patterns. Details of pattern sizes, required materials, and sewing methods accompany simple diagrams for Elizabethan doublets, capes, and trunks; a coat and vest from the Restoration; a bell-shaped gown of the eighteenth century; an early nineteenth-century empire gown; a crinoline; and many other items.\u003cp\u003e Diagrams are accurately drawn to scale from working patterns, and there are suggestions for the most suitable colors and textures for costumes of different historical periods. Students of costume design, tailors, and community theater groups will welcome this carefully researched guidebook to fifteen centuries of English costume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Fernald, Eileen Shenton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621389944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621389941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenpoint Books, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Fernald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984675668223,"sku":"9781621389941","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86e27ee8-47b9-4b53-b5dc-f3d80be384b6.jpg?v=1683273615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historic-costumes-mary-fernald-9781621389941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}