TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Angus
ED  - Victoria and Albert Museum.
TI  - Fashion and armour in Renaissance Europe : proud lookes and brave attire
SN  - 9781851775811
U1  - 391 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - V&A Pub., Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams
KW  - Victoria and Albert Museum
KW  - Armor, Renaissance
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Weapons
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 108) and index
N2  - Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism, wealth, and taste than his armor, clothing, and weapons. Drawing on the Victoria and Albert Museum’s popular arms and armor collection—which includes the armor of such notables as Henry IV of France and Philip III of Spain--Angus Patterson looks at the suits designed to kill, protect, and impress.
 
Here are parade suits, lavishly embossed and gilded, decorated with plumes of ostrich feathers, and draped with colorful silk sashes, as well as swords, daggers, pistols, and gunpowder flasks slung from elaborate belts.  Paintings, sculpture, and beautiful new photographs—including many close-up details—bring this very particular aspect of Medieval and Renaissance fashion to life
ER  -