17th-Century Men's Dress Patterns
Product ID: 41371630
📐12 historically accurate garment patterns
📸300 color photos + 800 detailed line drawings
🔍Meticulous pattern & X-ray garment analysis
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👔 Unlock the art of 17th-century style — where history meets haute couture.
This definitive guide offers meticulously researched, step-by-step instructions to recreate early 17th-century men's garments. Featuring 12 historically accurate patterns from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection, it includes 300 color photographs, 800 line drawings, and X-ray images that reveal garment construction. Authored by leading historical tailors, it’s an essential resource for costume designers, historians, and fashion enthusiasts seeking authentic Renaissance menswear craftsmanship.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 171 Reviews |
S**E
Excellent
Amazing photographic and illustrated detail. I rarely buy books that I cannot "look into", but this turned out to be worth the risk. The cover suggested a book oversimplified. Not So! There are even some e-ray photographs of construction of garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum.This book will be used for historical reproduction reference.
M**L
An amazing book on historical costumes
This book is a MUST OWN for anyone interested in the history of fashion in general, and Renaissance clothing in particular. It is absolutely incredible how they analyzed existing garments from the time period in painstaking detail to gain understanding of how the garments were made. There are dozens of close-up images of each item, along with insightful analysis of their findings. Reading this book feels like picking up these garments for yourself and turning them over in your hands.
C**L
I love the X-rays and the explanations of the X-rays of ...
Very detailed! I love the X-rays and the explanations of the X-rays of the extent garments. It has helped me to understand the techniques of construction for 17th garments.
J**W
The book for Men's 1600-1630's Doublet Patternmaking
Understandable grid patterns, construction information and photographs of actual garments. Love this amazing resource!
F**S
beautiful book, great informtion
beautiful book, great informtion
S**N
Five Stars
A wonderful addition to my reference books.
R**A
Bellissimo
Fantastico !
M**1
Fantastic resource
Brilliant book by the amazing V&A team.
L**Y
INDISPENSABLE & SUPERLATIVE
Utterly crucial reading along with Cut of Men's and Patterns of Fashion, now make the three most incomparably important books on men's period costume. This book is exhaustive in its content. Several original period costumes are used, each being presented in photos and paintings, with extensive informative text, are then broken down in every detail with photos detailing every part of the costume. Then everything needed to correctly make the costume is given. It has perfectly accurate pattern draughts and superbly clear making illustrations taking you through every process from start to completion. Indispensable.
A**R
Great book, lots of patterns
Very useful book, lots of patterns derived from a combination of extant garments and period documents.
T**A
Muy ilustrativo
Libro curioso sobre el pratronaje en una determinada época. Incluye los patrones en dibujo de diferentes prendas para hacerse una idea de la confección en dicho periodo. Gran tamaño.
R**R
Sehr wichtige Quelle!
Sehr gute Zusammenstellung aus Forschungsergebnissen und praktischer Umsetzung!
C**S
Beau livre
Très beau livre anglais bien illustré, mais il est dommage que ce genre de livre ne soit pas traduit en français
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