Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-257) and index.
Contents:
Conclusion : listening to clothes. ch. 6. Costume : old and new connoisseurship -- ch. 2. The myths and meanings of clothing -- ch. 3. Homespun and silk : American clothing -- ch. 4. Common dress : clothing for daily life -- ch. 5. Cradle to coffin : life passages reflected in clothing -- ch. 6. Tailoring meaning : alterations in eighteenth-century clothing -- Conclusion : listening to clothes.
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