Dress in IrelandNow back in print, this history is the only book of its kind. Based on historical and archaeological research and on contemporary literature and documents, this handsome volume includes over 140 full-color and black and white photographs. Each chapter begins with a brief historical summary of the political and military history of the period. Costume is then considered under the relevant headings of the period -- English and Irish dress styles in Ireland as well as dress styles at Court and that of the poor. At the end of each chapter, a listing of the textiles used during the period is given, as well as references to source material for students of Irish dress and textiles. |
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Armoy Belfast belt blue bodice Book of Kells brat breeches brocade buttons cambric cloak clothes coat collar Cork Costume cotehardie cotton court dress cuffs decorated Donegal doublet dress styles Dublin Dublin Castle Duchess of Leinster Dungiven eighteenth century embroidered English ensemble fabric fashion fitted sleeves frieze front garments Giraldus Cambrensis gold gown hair hairstyles hats hose houppelande Irish dress Irish mantle jacket John John Lynch Journal Kildare Kilkenny Killery lace ladies late leather legs léine Library of Ireland linen London male Mary Delany medieval Museum of Ireland National Library National Museum neck neckline pair patched petticoat plain pleats poplin ribbon ruff saffron satin seam seventeenth century shape shirt shoes shoulders silk silver sixteenth century skirt Society stockings suggest suit tailor teenth century Tipperary trews trimmed trousers tunic Ulster velvet waist waistcoat wealthy wear women wool woollen wore worn woven