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      Labour of the Stitch: The Making and Remaking of Fashionable Georgian Dress

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      This Element centres the sartorial hand as a point of connection across the trades which generated fashionable dress in the eighteenth century. It explores how the agency and skill of the stitching hand can inform understandings of craft, industry, gender, and labour in the eighteenth century.

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      Description

      Product ID:9781009177696
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections
      Title:Labour of the Stitch
      Subtitle:The Making and Remaking of Fashionable Georgian Dress
      Authors:Author: Serena Dyer
      Page Count:90
      Subjects:History of art, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Fashion and textile design, Cultural studies: dress and society, Needlework and fabric crafts, Industrial / commercial art & design, Fashion & textiles: design, Fashion & society, Needlework & fabric crafts, c 1700 to c 1800
      Description:This Element centres the sartorial hand as a point of connection across the trades which generated fashionable dress in the eighteenth century. It explores how the agency and skill of the stitching hand can inform understandings of craft, industry, gender, and labour in the eighteenth century.
      Imprint Name:Cambridge University Press
      Publisher Name:Cambridge University Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2024-04-18

      Additional information

      Weight142 g
      Dimensions150 × 229 × 8 mm