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Title

Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938

Publisher

V & A Publications, London

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

1851774548

ISBN 13

9781851774548

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Reprint.

Condition

Near Fine in NF jacket

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Costume & Fashion

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Synopsis

In the late 19th century, women wore bustles, corsets, and ankle-length petticoats under skirts that swept the ground. By the 1930s, some of the same women were wearing trousers, short skirts, and simple draped dresses. Nowhere is this extraordinary transition more beautifully and extensively documented than in the wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway, the granddaughter of England's Queen Victoria. One of the best-dressed women of her age, she took every opportunity to indulge her passion for clothes.

Style and Splendour showcases some of Queen Maud's most spectacular garments. Using photographs of her magnificent clothes and accessories, most made by the foremost designers of her day and now preserved in Oslo, the book tells the story of the evolution of women's fashion from the 1890s to the 1930s. AUTHOR BIO: Anne Kjellberg is curator of Queen Maud's collection at the National Museum of Art/Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo. Susan North is curator in the Department of Furniture, Textiles and Dress at the V&A and author of Historical Fashion in Detail.

About the Author

Susan North is curator of 17th- and 18th-century fashion at the V&A Museum.

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