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Corsets

Corsets

Jill Salen

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This fascinating collection showcases an astonishing range of period pieces, from the 1750 whale-boned corsets, through the invention of the sewing machine and mass-produced corsets of the 1850s to the makeshift corsets of World War I. More info »

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Progressing through almost two centuries of corset-making, this fascinating collection showcases an astonishing range of period pieces, from the 1750 whale-boned corsets, through the invention of the sewing machine and mass-produced corsets of the 1850s t

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Imprint Batsford
ISBN 9781906388010
Publication Date 1 Sep 2008
Format Paperback
Dimensions 280 x 228 mm (h x w)
Page Extent 128 pages
Illustrations 100 colour & black & white illustrations
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Author Jill Salen
About the Author

Jill Salen is a freelance costume maker, and is widely employed in the theatrical costume industry. She has made costumes for many clients including the Globe theatre. She is a lecturer in costume on the BA (Hons) theatre design course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Jill is the author of Corsets, also published by Batsford. Jill lives in Cardiff.

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