Dress Accessories
Egan & Pritchard
Der 4. Band der London-Serie behandelt die Kleinfunde wie
Gürtelschnallen, Ringe, Broschen, Knöpfe, Taschen etc., die
zwischen 1150 und 1450 als Trachtbestandteil Teil der Alltagskultur
waren.
Brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other
accessories were part of everyday dress in the middle ages. Over
two thousand such items dating from the period 1150-1450 are
described and discussed here, all found inrecent archaeological
excavations in London - then as now one of western Europe's most
cosmopolitan cities, its social and economic activity compounded by
the waterside bustle of the Thames.
These finds constitute the mostextensive and varied group of such
accessories yet recovered in Britain, and their close dating and
the scientific analysis carried out on them have been highly
revealing. Important results published here for the first time
show,for example, the popularity of shoddy, mass-produced items in
base metals during the high middle ages and enable researchers to
identify the varied products of rival traditions of manufacture
mentioned in historical sources.Anyone needing accurate information
on period costume will welcome this book, which will appeal to the
general reader interested in costume and design, as well as to
archaeologists and historians.
Format 20 x 25 cm, 438 Seiten, Paperback, sehr viele s/w und Farb
Abbildungen, engl. Text
Best.-Nr. Bb011