Shoes
| Main Author: | Pratt, Lucy. |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Woolley, Linda., Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
V&A,
1999.
|
| Physical Description: |
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Ch. 1. Medieval gothic and English renaissance
- Ch. 2. Heels, buckles and bows: the seventeenth century
- Ch. 3. Taste and elegance: 1700-1750
- Ch 4. The revolutionary shoe: 1750-1795
- Ch. 5. Classicism and romanticism: 1795 to the mid-1830s
- Ch. 6. Shopping for shoes: 1700-1835
- Ch. 7. Towards the modern age: 1837-1914
- Ch. 8. Austerity and glamour: 1914-1939
- Ch. 9. Forty years of innovation: 1939-1979
- Ch. 10. Shaping the future: 1980-1998
- Glossary
- Major UK dress collections featuring shoes
- Selected bibliography
- Index.