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100 1 _aStrasdin, Kate.
_921458
245 1 4 _aThe dress diary :
_bsecrets from a Victorian woman's wardrobe /
_cKate Strasdin.
246 3 0 _aSecrets from a Victorian woman's wardrobe
246 1 7 _aDress diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
260 _aLondon :
_bVintage,
_c2024.
300 _a10 unnumbered p., 303 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
501 _aK_B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
520 _aThrough the discovery of one Victorian woman's textile scrapbook, a fashion historian and museum curator unravels the secrets within its pages and the lives of the people within, charting, piece by piece, the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes people wear.
505 0 0 _g(from table of contents)
_gPreface : A beautiful memory --
_tFamily
_t(My charming Anne : Anne Burton & Adam Sykes --
_tSpinning into gold : the Burtons --
_tA lady's laundry list : Alice Burton & Mary Fletcher --
_tCobwebs of fashion : Anne Sykes & I --
_tThe chemistry of calico : Charlotte Dugsdale Sykes) --
_tAbroad
_t(The first dress I wore ... : Anne & Adam Sykes --
_tAn American abroad : Maria Balestier --
_tPirates! : Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane --
_tFrontier women : Miss Grant, Miss Connolly and others --
_tTokens of friendship : Fanny Taylor --
_tGoods received : Margaret Brennand) --
_tLetters from home
_t(The riot and the party : Emma Taylor --
_tDancing by candlelight : the Misses Wrigley --
_tWardrobe of grief : Hannah Coubrough --
_tA grand masquerade : Hannah Wrigley --
_tMissing moments : Anne & Adam Sykes) --
_tReturn
_t(Home comforts : Sarah Newmann --
_tSisters in style : Emily & Alice Burton, Charlotte Dugdale Sykes --
_tUpstairs, downstairs : Margaret Charnock --
_tThe brightest of hues : Bridget Anne Peacock --
_tSeaside retirement : Anne & Adam Sykes).
600 1 0 _aSykes, Anne
_vDiaries.
_921459
650 0 _aClothing and dress
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
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650 0 _aClothing and dress
_xHistory
_y19th century
_xSocial aspects
_zGreat Britain.
_921461
650 0 _aTextile fabrics
_xHistory
_y19th century
_xSocial aspects.
_921462
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xSocial life and customs
_y19th century.
_918274
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory
_yVictoria, 1837-1901.
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999 _c6843
_d6843