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Fabrics and Wallpapers: Sources, Design, and Inspiration
Published in Hardcover by Bulfinch Press (1991)
Authors: Barty Phillips and Mary Schoeser
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Easy to Read, Well-Organized, & Highly-Educational
Being an interior designer, this book would be one of the best reference on my book shelves. The autour's knowleadge on fabric seems to be highly proffessional so that I believe this book could be an excellent textbook for schools. The book covers a well-summerized, but not superficial, history on each types of fabric from all over the world, and it further examines fabrics by catagories of different design subjects. Special terms on fabric design are well explained. The design of the book is pleasant, and many beautiful pictures are given which are helpful to understand the content. This is the kind of book I have been looking for, since I was an interior design student. (I studied in the U.S. so that I have seen so many other related books published there to compare !!!)


Costume and Fashion: A Concise History, Fourth Edition (World of Art)
Published in Paperback by Thames & Hudson (29 July, 2002)
Authors: James Laver, Amy De LA Haye, Andrew Tucker, and Mary Schoeser
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Great introductory read.
An easy read. Covers from 2900 B.C. to the 1990's with a particular emphasis on the 1800's. James Laver's writing style is wonderful, describing not only the clothing but the historical and social context for each style of dress. The fashions of each period are illustrated by a variety of historical evidence, including statutes, famous works of art, fashion drawings, diaries, cartoons and photographs. The book is not an in-depth study of each period but rather a very brief overview. The last chapter covering from 1940 to the 1990's was writen by Amy de la Haye and is markedly different in writing style. She does not discuss the social and historical context to the extent that Laver does but rather gives an overview of the major designers of each decade and their respective styles. As there is a lot to discuss in the last 50 years of fashion, I wish that this book had dedicated more than 31 pages to modern fashion.

An excellent place to start
This classic by James Laver is a very good introduction to the subject. This is not an exhaustive history of clothing that one should consult for lengthy descriptions, or pinpoint accuracy tied to the latest scholarship. But what this book is (and is wonderfully) is an overview of a very vast subject distilled into one portable volume. The illustrations are excellent and worth the price of the book in themselves. Great amounts of detail are lacking, but the student of costume history can look elsewhere for in depth information in the works of Boucher, Davenport, Ribeiro, and others. This book can provide the basic knowledge one needs to approach the more advanced publications.

There are discrepencies of terminology in comparison to other texts. This is especially true in his descriptions of Byzantine court costume; Laver uses some Greek terms as opposed to the Latin terms used by most other historians. Laver also has an ethnocentric bias and gives much information from an English point of view. As with Contini's "Fashion: A Social History" and Batterberry's "Fashion: The Mirror of History" (both sadly out of print), Laver's prose and scholarship are a little dated, and he predates political correctness. But the history of clothing is heavily tied to religion and superstitions, public morals and sexuality, gender and social hierarchy. To tell a politcally correct history of clothing is to apply a bias as skewed as the biases it would seek to rectify.

This is a highly readable and succinct account of its subject and is strongly recommended. Given that the wonderful Contini and Batterberry books are not available, Laver's very accesible text is an excellent introduction for the beginning costume historian.

Fab Pictures....
This is a nice *SMALL* (which is important when you are carrying it back and forth to class) book that is FULL of pictures. Don't by this book if you are looking for detailed explanations of the costumes...go to Boucher if you are looking for that... But if you want a good colour pictoral quick reference, this is the one to buy.

I love it and use it all the time. It is cracked open to the picture of Rubens and Isabella Brant!


English and American Textiles: From 1790 to the Present
Published in Hardcover by Thames & Hudson (1989)
Authors: Mary Schoeser and Celia Rufey
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Eu Expansion to the East: Prospects and Problems
Published in Hardcover by Edward Elgar Pub (2002)
Authors: Hilary Ingham, Mike Ingham, and Mary Schoeser
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Fabrics and wallpapers
Published in Unknown Binding by Bell & Hyman ()
Author: Mary Schoeser
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Fabrics and Wallpapers: Twentieth-Century Design
Published in Hardcover by E P Dutton (1986)
Authors: Mary Schoeser and Fred Cooke
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French Textiles: From 1760 to the Present
Published in Hardcover by Trafalgar Square (1992)
Authors: Mary Schoeser and Kathleen Dejardin
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Glass
Published in Paperback by E P Dutton (1986)
Authors: Mary Schoeser, Frederick Cooke, and Fred Cooke
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International Textile Design
Published in Hardcover by Antique Collectors' Club (1995)
Author: Mary Schoeser
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Longman Book Project: Non-fiction: Technology Book: Textiles: Why Jumpers Are Woolly: Extra Large Format (Longman Book Project)
Published in Paperback by Pearson Schools (16 June, 1999)
Author: Mary Schoeser
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