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Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics
Susan W. Greene
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Description for Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics
Hardcover. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TD; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 225. .
Wearable prints are not only a decorative art form but also the product of a range of complex industrial processes and an economically important commodity. But when did textile printing originate, and how can we identify the fabrics, inks, dyes, and printing processes used on surviving historical examples?
In Wearable Prints, 1760-1860, author Susan Greene surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discovery of the delights of selectively patterned cloth and is firmly interwoven with the Industrial Revolution. The bulk of the book is devoted to the process of printing ... Read more
Wearable prints are not only a decorative art form but also the product of a range of complex industrial processes and an economically important commodity. But when did textile printing originate, and how can we identify the fabrics, inks, dyes, and printing processes used on surviving historical examples?
In Wearable Prints, 1760-1860, author Susan Greene surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discovery of the delights of selectively patterned cloth and is firmly interwoven with the Industrial Revolution. The bulk of the book is devoted to the process of printing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9781606351246
SKU
V9781606351246
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About Susan W. Greene
Susan W. Greene is a collector museum consultant and independent scholar. Her collection of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century clothing now resides at the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford New York USA. She is the author of Textiles for Early Victorian Clothing and several entries in Valerie Steele's Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion and Carol Kammen's Encyclopedia of ... Read more
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