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hrjThis finishes up the brief "intake reviews" of the non-fiction. Alas, that fiction must be read in full before getting to the review stage. I feel so inadequate with regard to keeping up with fiction.
Picked these first two up used at the Strand Bookstore in NYC. They're from a larger series but not all the volumes were available and the others that were there weren't of particular interest to me.
Brunhammer, Yvonne & Monique de Fayet. 1966. Meubles et Ensembles Époques Moyen-Age et Renaissance. Éditions Charles Massin, Paris. (no ISBN)
Brunhammer, Yvonne & Monique de Fayet. 1964. Comment Installer son Intérieur en Directoire ou Empire. Éditions Charles Massin, Paris. (no ISBN)
Lavishly illustrated museum publications of historic furniture. In addition to pictures and descriptions of the pieces themselves, they are sometimes arranged in "rooms" (ensembles) combining multiple pieces with the addition of reconstructed "soft furnishings" and accessories. The strict authenticity of these assemblages may be open to question or debate, but they do help in envisioning how the furnishings may have been experienced in use. Most of the pieces in the medieval/Renaissance volume are ones I haven't seen before in my other early furniture books, though the types are familiar. The Directoire/Empire volume is, of course, in aid of researching my novels -- although, as usual, they fall slightly before my target time-period.
The remainder of the books are all on costuming -- either for novel research or new publications I picked up from Poison Pen Press at Darkovercon.
Downing, Sarah Jane. 2010. Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen. Shire Publications, Oxford. ISBN 978-0-74780-767-4
Part of the "Shire" series of publications which tend to be a cross between a superficial introduction to a historic topic and an intriguing handful of artifacts and primary sources. This one has excellent coverage of the topic, surveying basic categories of clothing by context and occasion, reviewing the major influences on changes in fashion, and presenting a number of original garments along with contemporary artistic representations.
Blum, Stella (ed.) 1978. Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-486-23690-0
Johnson, Judy M. (ed.) 1991. French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color - 120 Plates from the 'Petit Courrier des Dames' 1830-34. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-486-26734-2
Being fashion plates, these books don't provide the full range of clothing styles, or even necessarily "typical" fashions for the years in question. But they do provide a wide range of examples, which are good for brainstorming wardrobes for my characters. The later book is (for a change) a bit late for the years I'm currently covering in the novels, but it helps triangulate on the changes in fashion.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako & Kaye Durland Spilker. 2010. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail 1700-1915. Delmonico Books, Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-5062-2
An exhibition catalog from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. As the catalog focuses on a collection of surviving garments and accessories, this isn't as good a resource for getting an overview of fashion changes or a broad understanding of clothing of all classes. Use it for the close-up details and the inspiration of the gorgeous garments. The accompanying text is minimal and often focuses on social context rather than technical details.
Kelly, Gerald A. John. 2011. Before the Kilt: How the Irish and Scots Dressed in the 16th Century. The Druid Press, Seaford. ISBN 978-1-46621978-6
Just barely a step up from "I ran this off at my local copy shop". The formatting, print quality, and introductory text are all clearly on the amateur side, and the analysis displays a fair amount of personal bias on the topic of Celtic history, but the usefulness comes in the book's extensive collection of primary textual and artistic sources on the topic at hand. This is marred significantly by the low resolution of the images (this, in combination with a complete lack of sourcing for the art, makes me question what sort of permissions process was involved). A useful compact reference, but I'd be hesitant to rely on the interpretive material.
Johnson, Caroline. 2011. The Queen's Servants: Gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII. Fat Goose Press, Lightwater. ISBN 978-0-9562674-1-2
Huggett, Jane & Ninya Mikhaila. 2013. The Tudor Child: Clothing and Culture 1485 to 1625. Fat Goose Press, Lightwater. ISBN 978-0-9562674-2-9
Two more books in the excellent (though expensive!) series by different combinations of the same crew (Ninya Mikhaila is an editor on TQS and Jane Malcolm-Davies is an editor on both volumes). The books are lavishly illustrated with contemporary art and an amazing assortment of surviving garments -- even fragmentary ones that illustrate some particular detail -- from a variety of European sources. Each book then concludes with patterns and instructions for constructing a basic set of garments for the topic covered. For ambitious costumers who aren't up to doing their own pattern reconstructions, these are an invaluable resource.
And that catches me up entirely on the non-fiction acquired in the last year. Oh, except for the four new books I just ordered from Oxbow this evening. Oh well.
Picked these first two up used at the Strand Bookstore in NYC. They're from a larger series but not all the volumes were available and the others that were there weren't of particular interest to me.
Brunhammer, Yvonne & Monique de Fayet. 1966. Meubles et Ensembles Époques Moyen-Age et Renaissance. Éditions Charles Massin, Paris. (no ISBN)
Brunhammer, Yvonne & Monique de Fayet. 1964. Comment Installer son Intérieur en Directoire ou Empire. Éditions Charles Massin, Paris. (no ISBN)
Lavishly illustrated museum publications of historic furniture. In addition to pictures and descriptions of the pieces themselves, they are sometimes arranged in "rooms" (ensembles) combining multiple pieces with the addition of reconstructed "soft furnishings" and accessories. The strict authenticity of these assemblages may be open to question or debate, but they do help in envisioning how the furnishings may have been experienced in use. Most of the pieces in the medieval/Renaissance volume are ones I haven't seen before in my other early furniture books, though the types are familiar. The Directoire/Empire volume is, of course, in aid of researching my novels -- although, as usual, they fall slightly before my target time-period.
The remainder of the books are all on costuming -- either for novel research or new publications I picked up from Poison Pen Press at Darkovercon.
Downing, Sarah Jane. 2010. Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen. Shire Publications, Oxford. ISBN 978-0-74780-767-4
Part of the "Shire" series of publications which tend to be a cross between a superficial introduction to a historic topic and an intriguing handful of artifacts and primary sources. This one has excellent coverage of the topic, surveying basic categories of clothing by context and occasion, reviewing the major influences on changes in fashion, and presenting a number of original garments along with contemporary artistic representations.
Blum, Stella (ed.) 1978. Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-486-23690-0
Johnson, Judy M. (ed.) 1991. French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color - 120 Plates from the 'Petit Courrier des Dames' 1830-34. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-486-26734-2
Being fashion plates, these books don't provide the full range of clothing styles, or even necessarily "typical" fashions for the years in question. But they do provide a wide range of examples, which are good for brainstorming wardrobes for my characters. The later book is (for a change) a bit late for the years I'm currently covering in the novels, but it helps triangulate on the changes in fashion.
Takeda, Sharon Sadako & Kaye Durland Spilker. 2010. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail 1700-1915. Delmonico Books, Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-5062-2
An exhibition catalog from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. As the catalog focuses on a collection of surviving garments and accessories, this isn't as good a resource for getting an overview of fashion changes or a broad understanding of clothing of all classes. Use it for the close-up details and the inspiration of the gorgeous garments. The accompanying text is minimal and often focuses on social context rather than technical details.
Kelly, Gerald A. John. 2011. Before the Kilt: How the Irish and Scots Dressed in the 16th Century. The Druid Press, Seaford. ISBN 978-1-46621978-6
Just barely a step up from "I ran this off at my local copy shop". The formatting, print quality, and introductory text are all clearly on the amateur side, and the analysis displays a fair amount of personal bias on the topic of Celtic history, but the usefulness comes in the book's extensive collection of primary textual and artistic sources on the topic at hand. This is marred significantly by the low resolution of the images (this, in combination with a complete lack of sourcing for the art, makes me question what sort of permissions process was involved). A useful compact reference, but I'd be hesitant to rely on the interpretive material.
Johnson, Caroline. 2011. The Queen's Servants: Gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII. Fat Goose Press, Lightwater. ISBN 978-0-9562674-1-2
Huggett, Jane & Ninya Mikhaila. 2013. The Tudor Child: Clothing and Culture 1485 to 1625. Fat Goose Press, Lightwater. ISBN 978-0-9562674-2-9
Two more books in the excellent (though expensive!) series by different combinations of the same crew (Ninya Mikhaila is an editor on TQS and Jane Malcolm-Davies is an editor on both volumes). The books are lavishly illustrated with contemporary art and an amazing assortment of surviving garments -- even fragmentary ones that illustrate some particular detail -- from a variety of European sources. Each book then concludes with patterns and instructions for constructing a basic set of garments for the topic covered. For ambitious costumers who aren't up to doing their own pattern reconstructions, these are an invaluable resource.
And that catches me up entirely on the non-fiction acquired in the last year. Oh, except for the four new books I just ordered from Oxbow this evening. Oh well.
