Author: Alison Toplis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350126136
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2022 Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of English folk dress to survive into the 20th century, the smock frock is an object of curiosity in many museum collections. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from surviving garments to newspapers and photographs, this book reveals the hidden history of the smock frock to present new social histories. Discussing the smock frock in its widest contexts, Alison Toplis explores how garments were handmade and manufactured by the ready-made clothing industry, and bought by men of different trades. She traces the smock frock's usage across England as well as in export markets such as Australia. Following the garment's decline in the late 19th century, the book investigates how this essentially utilitarian style of workwear came to be held up as an example of disappearing 'peasant' craft in an emotional response to urbanisation, and how it was preserved by collectors under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around the turn of the 20th century, the smock frock was reinvented as both women's and children's wear and is now regularly revived in fashion collections by the likes of Molly Goddard. Drawing together extensive visual and material cultures, Alison Toplis unravels a new history of the smock frock.
The Hidden History of the Smock Frock
Author: Alison Toplis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350126136
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2022 Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of English folk dress to survive into the 20th century, the smock frock is an object of curiosity in many museum collections. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from surviving garments to newspapers and photographs, this book reveals the hidden history of the smock frock to present new social histories. Discussing the smock frock in its widest contexts, Alison Toplis explores how garments were handmade and manufactured by the ready-made clothing industry, and bought by men of different trades. She traces the smock frock's usage across England as well as in export markets such as Australia. Following the garment's decline in the late 19th century, the book investigates how this essentially utilitarian style of workwear came to be held up as an example of disappearing 'peasant' craft in an emotional response to urbanisation, and how it was preserved by collectors under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around the turn of the 20th century, the smock frock was reinvented as both women's and children's wear and is now regularly revived in fashion collections by the likes of Molly Goddard. Drawing together extensive visual and material cultures, Alison Toplis unravels a new history of the smock frock.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350126136
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2022 Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of English folk dress to survive into the 20th century, the smock frock is an object of curiosity in many museum collections. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from surviving garments to newspapers and photographs, this book reveals the hidden history of the smock frock to present new social histories. Discussing the smock frock in its widest contexts, Alison Toplis explores how garments were handmade and manufactured by the ready-made clothing industry, and bought by men of different trades. She traces the smock frock's usage across England as well as in export markets such as Australia. Following the garment's decline in the late 19th century, the book investigates how this essentially utilitarian style of workwear came to be held up as an example of disappearing 'peasant' craft in an emotional response to urbanisation, and how it was preserved by collectors under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. Around the turn of the 20th century, the smock frock was reinvented as both women's and children's wear and is now regularly revived in fashion collections by the likes of Molly Goddard. Drawing together extensive visual and material cultures, Alison Toplis unravels a new history of the smock frock.
The Hidden History of the Smock Frock
Author: Alison Toplis (Writer on clothing and dress)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781350126145
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Focussing on one item of utilitarian 19th-century workwear, Alison Toplis uncovers new social histories and reveals the lasting influence of the smock frock"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781350126145
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Focussing on one item of utilitarian 19th-century workwear, Alison Toplis uncovers new social histories and reveals the lasting influence of the smock frock"--
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author: Scottish History Society
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Publications of the Scottish History Society
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1782
Author: James Ferguson
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Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1782: The war of the Spanish succession, 1698-1712. The period of peace, 1713-1742. The war of the Austrian succession, 1742-1749. The last days of the Brigade, 1750-1782
Author: James Ferguson
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Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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A History of English Balladry
Author: Frank Egbert Bryant
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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The Antiquary
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Pioneer History of Ingham County
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Category : Ingham County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Category : Ingham County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Author: William Dwight Whitney
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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