A family of fashion : the Messels: six generations of dress /

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Author / Creator:	De La Haye, Amy.
Imprint:	London : Philp Wilson Publishers, c2005.
Description:	192 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Messel family. Messel family. Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Costume -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Costume -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Women's clothing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Women's clothing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Clothing and dress. Costume. Fashion. Women's clothing. Great Britain. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6000628

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Other authors / contributors:	Taylor, Lou. Thompson, Eleanor.
ISBN:	0856676101
Notes:	"On the occasion of the exhibition Fashion and fancy dress: The Messel family dress collection, 1865-2005. Held at Brighton Museum, 22 Oct. 2005 - 5 Mar. 2005"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p.188) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: Victoria Messel
Preface: Pauline Scott Garrett, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Illustrations
Introduction
The Messel Family Dress Collection: collecting, memory and imprints
The First and Second Generations: Ludwig and Annie Messel
Family History, Houses and the Evolution of a Dress Collection
The Third Generation: Leonard and Maud Messel 1898-1947
Biography and Buying London Fashion: An Analysis of Maud Lifestyle, Fashion Consumption and Surviving Dress
`Wonderfully Picturesque': An Exploration of Maud Messel's Taste for Medieval, Exotic and Romantic Fashionable Styles 1898-1960
The Fourth Generation: Anne Messel 1920-1935. History and Narrative: An Analysis of Anne Messel's Personal Style and Evolving Dress Collection
The Rosse Family in Ireland: The Heritage of Birr Castle, Demense and Anne, Countess of Rosse's Patronage of Irish Fashion
Objects of a Passion: The Dress Worn and Collected by Anne, Countess of Rosse 1935- 1960
Conclusion: The Fifth and Sixth Generations, 1970-2004: Heritage, Memory, Dispersal and Survival of the Messel Dress Collection
Appendix. A Catalogue of the Messel Dress Collection 1870-2004
Bibliography
Index

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