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The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe

EAN (ISBN):  9781784743819
Publicatiedatum:   11-05-2023
Uitvoering:  Hardback
Taal:  Engels
Bladzijden:  288

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'The story of a singular woman... Kate Strasdin's forensic detective work has finally let Mrs Sykes - and her book - speak again' JUDITH FLANDERS _____________ The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of her life and times. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands of Kate Strasdin, a fashion historian and museum curator. Strasdin spent the next six years unravelling the secrets contained within the album's pages. Piece by piece, she charts Anne's journey from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore before tracing her return to England in later years. Fragments of cloth become windows into Victorian life: pirates in Borneo, the complicated etiquette of mourning, poisonous dyes, the British Empire in full swing, rioting over working conditions and the terrible human cost of Britain's cotton industry. This is life writing that celebrates ordinary people: the hidden figures, the participants in everyday life. Through the evidence of waistcoats, ball gowns and mourning outfits, Strasdin lays bare the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes we choose to wear.

    EAN (ISBN): 9781784743819
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    Uitgever: Veltman Distributie Import Books
    Publicatiedatum:   11-05-2023
    Uitvoering: Hardback
    Taal: Engels
    Hoogte: 225 mm
    Breedte: 163 mm
    Dikte: 33 mm
    Gewicht: 527 gr
    Voorraad: Op voorraad in ons centraal magazijn
    Bladzijden: 288