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Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe Angus Patterson

Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe By Angus Patterson

Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe by Angus Patterson


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Summary

Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism, wealth and taste than his armour, clothing and weapons. This book looks at the suits designed to kill, protect and impress.

Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe Summary

Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe: Proud Lookes and Brave Attire by Angus Patterson

Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism, wealth and taste than his armour, clothing and weapons. Drawing on the V&A's popular arms and armour collection, Angus Patterson looks at the suits designed to kill, protect and impress. From parade suits, lavishly embossed and gilded, decorated with plumes of ostrich feathers and draped with colourful silk sashes to swords, daggers, pistols and gunpowder flasks slung from elaborate belts, detailed new photography alongside paintings and sculpture bring medieval and renaissance fashion to life.

About Angus Patterson

Angus Patterson is Curator of European Arms and Armour and Base Metals at the V&A, responsible for collections of armour, weapons, pewter, brass, cutlery, cut steel, Sheffield Plate and electrotypes. He publishes and lectures regularly, and is editor of the Journal of the Antique Metalware Society.

Additional information

GOR006536855
9781851775811
1851775811
Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe: Proud Lookes and Brave Attire by Angus Patterson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
V & A Publishing
20091102
112
N/A
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