Costume Through the Ages arranged in a clear system

arranged in a clear system of classification that includes 22 areas of related design — borders

"Churchill's first major historical work is still considered one of his most riveting

Until his death in 1956

Clarence Raymond Wylie

giving year of design

Costume Through the Ages arranged in a clear systemFew books of costume design will prove more useful to artists, students, stage designers, and scholars than this volume. Presenting detailed drawings in a continuous chronological format, it provides a history of costume design through the ages, from the first century A. D. to 1930. Culled from sculpture, lithographs, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, engravings, caricatures, fashion plates, photographs, and magazines, these illustrations have been