History in fashion : 1500 Jahre Stickerei in Mode = 1500 years of embroidery in fashion /

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Imprint:Dresden : Sandstein Verlag, [2019]
©2019
Description:232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
Language:German
English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11973228
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Varying Form of Title:1500 Jahre Stickerei in Mode
1500 years of embroidery in fashion
Other authors / contributors:Seeberg, Stefanie, editor.
Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, host institution, issuing body.
ISBN:9783954985111
395498511X
Notes:Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany, 21 November 2019-29 March 2020.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230).
In German, with foreword in English and German and summaries in English.
Summary:Embroidery has been used to inscribe individuality and significance in clothing for centuries. Ornament is embroidered onto fabric for the purposes of decoration, attracting attention, individualisation, and conveying messages. This becomes apparent in the more than one hundred objects shown in the present volume 1,500 years of fashion. Historical pieces from the collection of the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts are contrasted with works by contemporary artists, fashion designers, and young talents. This enables us to take a new view of the age-old art. The techniques and significance of embroidery are explained and texts address many current themes, including the transience of fashion and technological developments, gender issues, globalisation, and sustainability. Numerous historical examples illuminate epochs and themes of cultural history, and the history of the collection and the city as well. Fascinating close-ups of techniques and materials also inform a new understanding of embroidery, which ultimately is much more than decoration. -- Publisher website.

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