"How shall I dress?": Dressing during the French Revolution (1789-1804).
Snoeck/BNF/Department of Isère.| N° d'inventaire | 31022 |
| Format | 19.8 x 25 |
| Détails | 160 p., numerous color illustrations and photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Gent, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461619136 |
French society at the end of the 18th century was marked by a culture of appearances. The Revolution marked a shift in the way people dressed. This exhibition catalog explores clothing as a social marker through a study of the iconography of the period. The evolution of female silhouettes, the use of fabrics, and the political message conveyed by clothing are all explored.
French society at the end of the 18th century was marked by a culture of appearances. The Revolution marked a shift in the way people dressed. This exhibition catalog explores clothing as a social marker through a study of the iconography of the period. The evolution of female silhouettes, the use of fabrics, and the political message conveyed by clothing are all explored.