Thanks, Jeri, for alerting us to this book!! It sounds wonderful.
So... I looked at my "usual" sources,and...
Good News and more good news!
I see that Amazon has this book in stock, and it is $38.55 - and comes
with FREE SHIPPING!
There are already two reviews of the book posted on Amazon, and they are
also very good.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA
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Dear Lace-in-Fashion Lovers,
Oh!!!! What a pleasure to be the first to write to you about this book!
It just arrived (via special order), and I cannot concentrate on anything else
but devouring the information within its covers. If this type of book is
your idea of dessert, you *must* tell your personal Santa it is what you want
for Christmas. If that is not possible, try to order from your public
library. Most likely, it will not be in a small library, so ask about alternatives
like Interlibrary Loan (or the name for this loan program in your country).
Janet Arnold unexpectedly died 10 years ago. She had begun to work on this
book, now completed by her friends Jenny Tiramani and Santina M. Levey.
Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion 4 -- The cut and construction of linen
shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women C.
1540-1660"
ISBN 978-0-333-57082-1 2008
Pub. by Macmillan _www.panmacmillan.com_ (http://www.panmacmillan.com)
UK book jacket price is 30 pounds
US price I paid was $50.51, including taxes and S/H
128 pages - photos in color, except those only available in B/W.
Size 14 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Soft cover, unfortunately. It will get knocked around, and size makes it
inevitable there will be premature damage to the book. Hard cover would be
preferred for the scholarly audience interested in this material.
Macmillan has not mentioned Santina M. Levey on their website, also
unfortunately. But, her name is on the cover.
A few years ago, Ms. Levey spoke at a special museum event in Virginia, USA,
that I attended. She hinted that she would be working on the late Janet
Arnold's incomplete research. Co-author, Jenny Tiramani, is a costumer who
worked in the Wardrobe during the recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
I like the way the cross-references are handled, making it easier to follow
the text and all about an item. Every item of clothing has been given a
number, and that number is attached to the pattern, drawings and photographs of
the item. The close-up photography is wonderful. (I wish there was this
level of photography in Arnold's greatest book: "Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe
Unlock'd".)
The information about starching and setting lace ruffs answers lots of
questions that lacemakers have.
If you love Elizabethan anything....
If you work with Elizabethan textiles, costumes, embroidery, lace....
If you are a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism....
If you are recreating Elizabethan clothing (as in Plymouth,
Massachusetts)....
If the very thought of absorbing more Elizabethan artwork located throughout
Europe and America appeals to you....
This is THE book for your Christmas - 2008!
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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