Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781606351246)

Wearable prints are not only a decorative art form but also the product of a range of complex industrial processes and an economically important commodity. But when did textile printing originate, and how can we identify the fabrics, inks, dyes, and printing processes used on surviving historical examples? In Wearable Prints, 1760-1860, author Susan Greene surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discovery of the delights of selectively patterned cloth and is firmly interwoven with the Industrial Revolution. The bulk of the book is devoted to the process of printing and dyeing. Greene brings together evidence from period publications and manuscripts, extant period garments and quilts, and scholarship on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chemistry and technology. Making the text come alive, Greene includes some 1600 full-color images, including a plentiful array of textile samples. Wearable Prints, 1760-1860 is a convenient encyclopedic guide, written in plain language accessible to even the most casual reader. Historians, students, costumers, quilters, designers, curators, and collectors will find it an essential resource.

Author: Susan W. Greene
ISBN-10: 1606351249
ISBN-13: 9781606351246
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 568
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.45lbs
Size: 11.30h x 8.70w x 1.60d
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