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By
Lara Flecker, Textile Display Specialist, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Description
The effective preparation of garments for display is essential for exhibitions of contemporary and historical dress. Costumes not only
need to be visually appealing but also fully supported and historically accurate. This book provides a comprehensive guide to mounting
costumes from the eighteenth century to the present day. It includes methods for adapting and shaping figures to create historical silhouettes,
constructing underpinnings and making replicas and toiles using inexpensive and simple techniques. A Practical Guide to Costume Mounting
is an invaluable resource for conservators, historians and all those working with clothing in museums, private collections and throughout
the fashion and theatre industries.
Trained as a historical costume maker, author Lara Flecker is the textile display specialist at
London?s Victoria and Albert Museum. She has worked extensively with the museum?s world-class costume collection, preparing garments
for display. Her simple mounting methods are clearly explained and can be used by people with a wide range of experience, including those
with few sewing skills.
Audience
The book is aimed at professionals at museums and institutions with dress collections and will target people such as Conservators, Curators,
Historians, Private Collectors, Theatrical and Film Costume Makers/Designers, Fashion Exhibition Designers, Exhibition Designers, Fashion
Archivists, Window Dressers, Wax Work Designers/Makers, Antiques Dealers.
Students of Conservation, Museum Studies, Fashion,
Textiles,
Fashion Merchandising and Design, Heritage Studies.
Contents
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Handling, dressing and conservation issues; Taking patterns and making toiles; Selecting and
modifying mannequins and dress stands; Padding up the torso; Designing and making underpinnings; Trouble shooting ; Alternative methods
for mounting costumes; Appendix - Basic sewing techniques; Bibliography; Suppliers list (UK and US); Glossary ; Index
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 272 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6830-9
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6830-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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