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What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century
by Douglas Gorsline

ISBN: 0486281620
Dover Publications Price: $18.95
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Fascinating panorama of styles — from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty to 1920s wardrobe of American flapper. The book is separated into three sections: "Costume of the Ancient World," covering Greece, Rome, and Egypt; "European Costume," which runs the gamut from the Medieval Period to 1918; and finally "American Costume," offering succinct information on clothes worn by farmers, frontiersmen, cowboys, and urbanites. Includes details on accessories and hairstyles.

Table of Contents for What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century
"Eastern American Family, Early 1850s"
Introduction
PART I. COSTUME OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
Greek Charioteer
Egypt and the Near East
Egyptian
"Assyrian, Persian, Hebraic, and Cretan"
Greece and Rome
Greek
Roman
Byzantine
PART II. EUROPEAN COSTUME
"Donor of "The Holy Lamb," after Van Eyck"
The Medieval Period
Historical Survey: Ninth Century through Thirteen Century
Ninth to Eleventh Centuries
History Survey: 1300-1485
Fourteenth Century
Fifteenth Century
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Armor
Armor
"Henry VIII, after Holbein"
The Tudor Period (1485-1603)
Historical Survey: Early Tudor Period (1485-1558)
"Early Tudor, c. 1500"
"Early Tudor, c. 1505"
"Early Tudor, c. 1525"
"Middle Tudor, c. 1545"
"Historical Survey, Late Tudor Period (1558-1603)"
"Late Tudor, c. 1565"
"Late Tudor, c. 1585"
"Fashionable Lady, after Wenzel Hollar"
The Seventeenth Century
Historical Survey: Early Seventeenth Century (1600-1645)
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1605"
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1615"
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1625"
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1635"
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1635 (after Van Dyck)"
"Early Seventeenth Century, c. 1635"
Historical Survey: Middle Seventeenth Century (1645-1665)
"Middle Seventeenth Century, c. 1645 (after W. Hollar)"
"Middle Seventeenth Century, c. 1645"
"Middle Seventeenth Century, c. 1655"
Historical Survey: Late Seventeenth Century (1665-1700)
"Late Seventeenth Century, c. 1665"
"Late Seventeenth Century, c. 1675"
"Late Seventeenth Century, c. 1685"
"Late Seventeenth Century, c. 1695"
"Gay Parisians, after Debucourt"
The Eighteenth Century
Historical Survey: Early Eighteenth Century (1700-1745)
"Early Eighteenth Century, c. 1705"
"Early Eighteenth Century, c. 1725"
"Early Eighteenth Century, c. 1735"
Historical Survey: Late Middle Eighteenth Century (1765-1800)
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1765"
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1775"
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1785"
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1795"
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1795 (after Debucourt)"
"Late Eighteenth Century, c. 1795 (after Goya)"
"Frenchman of the Second Empire, after Dis
The Nineteenth Century
Historical Survey: Early Nineteenth Century (1800-1845)
"Early Nineteenth Century, c. 1805"
"Early Nineteenth Century, c. 1805-1815"
"Early Nineteenth Century, c. 1815"
"Early Nineteenth Century, c. 1825"
"Early Nineteenth Century, c. 1835"
Historical Survey: Middle Nineteenth Century (1845-1865)
"Middle Nineteenth Century, c. 1845"
"Middle Nineteenth Century, c. 1855"
Historical Survey: Late Nineteenth Century (1865-1895)
"Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1865"
"Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1865 (after photographs by Lewis Carroll)"
"Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1865"
"Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1875"
"Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1885"
Edwardian Englishman
The Turn of the Century
Historical Survey: The Turn of the Century (1895-1914)
"Fin de Siècle, c. 1895"
"Fin de Siècle, c. 1895 (after Toulouse-Lautrec)"
"Fin de Siècle, c. 1895"
"Early Twentieth Century, c. 1905"
"Early Twentieth Century, c. 1914"
"Early Twentieth Century, c. 1918"
PART III. AMERICAN COSTUME
"Farmers, Cooperstown, New York"
Eastern America: 1840-1880
Historical Survey: 1787-1880
"Eastern America, c. 1845"
"Eastern America, c. 1855"
Abraham Lincoln
"Eastern America, c. 1860"
"Eastern America, c. 1865"
"Eastern America, c. 1875"
Eastern America: 1880-1900
Historical Survey: The Eighties and Nineties
"Eastern America, c. 1885"
Eastern America (after Eakins)
"Eastern America, c. 1895 (after Byron)"
"Eastern America, c. 1895"
Fur Trapper
The American Frontier: Across the Plains
"Trappers and Mountain Men, c. 1835"
"Frontiersmen, 1845-1855"
"Frontiersmen, c. 1860"
"Frontiersmen, c. 1865"
"Lumberjacks, 1865-1890"
"Frontiersmen, c. 1870"
Plains Characters
Historical Survey: The Plains and the Cowboy
"Plains Characters, c. 1875"
"Plains Characters, c. 1880"
"Sod-House Pioneers, c. 1885"
"Mississippi Rivermen, c. 1885"
"Social Unrest, c. 1894"
"The Hatfield Clan, c. 1895"
"Plains Characters, c. 1895"
"The Klondike, c. 1897"
Cowboy
The Cowboy
"Cowboys, c. 1875"
"Cowboys, c. 1880"
"Cowboys, c. 1890"
"Cowboys, 1900-
Cowboy Equipment
Teddy Roosevelt
The First Quarter of the Twentieth Century
Historical Survey: 1900-1925
"Urban Fashions, c. 1905"
"Urban Fashions, c. 1910"
"Urban Fashions, c. 1918"
"Urban Fashions, c. 1920"
"Urban Fashions, c. 1925"
"Bibliography: "Costume of the Ancient World" and "European Costume"
"Bibliography: "American Costume"
"Sources for "Costume of the Ancient World" and "European Costume"
"Sources for "American Costume"