Anna Buruma (63 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: VG+ in VG dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversize hardcover with just light wear, clean, tightly bound, unmarked with clean pages. Light edge wear to the dust jacket, not price-clipped. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. No internal markings; unclipped D/J is protected with removable premium grade clear wrap.

Condition: Good. Original silver lettered blue boards and spine, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, numerous (full page) colour illustrations, 4to.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Over the years since its inception in 1875 as the Oriental Emporium, Liberty's has both been at the forefront of fashion and the decorative arts and has sat comfortably riding on its waves. Its history is at the heart of its image to the outside world. In the fifties, Liberty's tried to subvert this image, but subsequently embraced it wholeheartedly in the following decade. Liberty's beginnings are well-known and most historians of the decorative arts will agree that the company had a significant impact on design in the early twentieth century. However, through the years Liberty & Co. took many forms. History, far from being irrelevant nostalgia, offers us a chance to learn from our mistakes and, indeed, successes. Perhaps now, as, emerging from a difficult recent period, this grand company looks confidently to the future, it is a good time to look back to the Liberty of the fifties and sixties: a less well-recognised moment in Liberty's history, but perhaps no less significant. The 1950s were a frugal time and any retailer who wholeheartedly promoted modern design was taking a risk. In truth, Liberty & Co. probably played it safe, running its modern products alongside the more traditional ones, so as not to scare away longstanding customers. It is perhaps for this reason that Liberty & Co. is not so prominent in people's memories as a 'modern' store in the 1950s. In a way this was a period that prepared the business for its flowering in the 1960s. Almost overnight, the emporium of traditional style found itself not just at one of the best spots in London, but at the very epicentre of the world of fashion: Carnaby Street in the sixties. AUTHOR: Anna Buruma trained as a theatre designer at Central School of Art & Design. She worked in the theatre and later as a costume designer for television and film. She later studied the history of dress at the Courtauld Institute. She works as a free-lance researcher and is the archivist at Liberty since 1995 and museum administrator at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design. SELLING POINTS: Focuses on the world-famous London style and design institution during the 1950s and 1960s The Liberty textile design studio of the period was used extensively by Jean Muir, Biba, Foale & Tuffin, John Cavanagh, Bill Gibb, Yves Saint Laurent and Bill Blass, among many others Liberty led several 1960s fashion trends, such as the revivals of Art Nouveau, Orientalism and Art Deco 118 colour, 34 b/w An overview of Liberty & Co. in the fifties and sixties - a period of renewal for the company. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm. Contents; 1. Liberty -- the early history -- 2. The 1950s -- a new look at liberty -- 3. The 1960s -- Liberty true to trend -- 4. Looking forward to the future -- keeping design at the heart. Subjects; Liberty (Firm) History 20th century. Fashion design Great Britain History 20th century. Textile design Great Britain History 20th century. Decoration and ornament Art nouveau England. Nineteen fifties. Nineteen sixties. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 144 pages with index and bibliography. Profusely illustrated. The book and dustjacket are in almost as new condition. Photos provided upon request.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Uninscribed. No wear to book or dust jacket.

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Hardback. Condition: New. An exploration of how the name of Liberty became synonymous with Aestheticism and the English Art Nouveau Movement, and its role in shaping contemporary late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Artistic Dress Liberty's dress department opened in 1884, headed by Edward William Godwin, an architect with a multi-faceted career and an important figure in the Aesthetic Movement. From the mid-nineteenth century, women fought against restrictive clothing such as tight-laced corsets and heavy petticoats, which were harmful to their health, and chose instead to dress in looser fitting dresses, coloured with natural dyes and ornamented with embroidery and needlework. Liberty was at the forefront of Aestheticism with their recognisable soft, drapeable silks, transparent textiles, and fabrics imported from parts of Asia and the Middle East. Their customers were an eclectic mix of women who wanted to dress artistically and stand out from the crowd. Liberty was the chosen resort of the artistic shopper. With archival materials and previously unpublished pattern books, Anna Buruma navigates Liberty's role in artistic dress. Examining how their idiosyncratic fashions of Greek and Roman style evening dress and medieval tea gowns translated into late nineteenth and early twentieth century fashionable dress. Liberty sustained their popularity through good taste and willingness to expand into new markets. From their flourishing commitment to Aestheticism to becoming a trail-blazer for the Art Nouveau movement which would emerge from it, Artistic Dress at Liberty and Co: The Early Years is the go-to source for the early history of Liberty's dress department.

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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Physical description; 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm. Contents; 1. Liberty -- the early history -- 2. The 1950s -- a new look at liberty -- 3. The 1960s -- Liberty true to trend -- 4. Looking forward to the future -- keeping design at the heart. Subjects; Liberty (Firm) History 20th century. Fashion design Great Britain History 20th century. Textile design Great Britain History 20th century. Decoration and ornament Art nouveau England. Nineteen fifties. Nineteen sixties. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Exploring how the name of Liberty became synonymous with Aestheticism and the English Art Nouveau Movement, and its role in shaping contemporary late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Artistic Dress. Liberty's dress department opened in 1884, headed by Edward William Godwin, an architect with a multi-faceted career and an important figure in the Aesthetic Movement. From the mid-nineteenth-century, women fought against restrictive clothing such as tight-laced corsets and heavy petticoats which were harmful to their health and chose instead to dress in looser fitting dresses, coloured with natural dyes and ornamented with embroidery and needlework. Liberty was at the forefront of Aestheticism with their recognisable soft drapeable silks, transparent textiles and fabrics imported from parts of Asia and the Middle East and their customers were an eclectic mix of women who wanted to dress artistically and stand out from the crowd. Liberty was the chosen resort of the artistic shopper. With archival materials and previously unpublished pattern books, Anna Buruma navigates Liberty's role in artistic dress. Examining how their idiosyncratic fashions of Greek and Roman style evening dress and medieval tea gowns translated into late nineteenth and early twentieth century fashionable dress. Liberty sustained their popularity through good taste and willingness to expand into new markets. From their flourishing commitment to Aestheticism to becoming a trail-blazer for the Art Nouveau movement which would emerge from it, Artistic Dress at Liberty & Co: The Early Years is the go-to source for the early history of Liberty's dress department. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.