Celtic Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486420752
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Scores of carefully rendered illustrations depict more than 4,000 years of Celtic apparel-from cloaks worn by European Celts ca. 2000 b.c. to the plaid tunics of British-Celtic farm women (100 b.c.) and the elaborately embroidered costume of a 20th-century Irish step dancer. Fascinating, ready-to-color archive with detailed captions also includes illustrations of period headgear, footwear, and jewelry.

Life in Celtic Times

Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486297149
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Fourteen centuries of Celtic life and culture are depicted in over 40 well-researched, excellently rendered illustrations. Intriguing scenes of an Iron-Age village, Glastonbury fishermen, farmers harvesting grain, Celtic warriors on horseback, St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland, and much more are featured. Descriptive captions.

Byzantine Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486419576
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Clothing styles from all classes during the Byzantine Empire are depicted here in more than 80 drawings. Included are examples of royal wedding garb, a shepherd in a short tunic, a court dancer, a court dignitary, a merchant, a naval officer, body armor of Roman warriors, a priest, and the robes of the Emperor Constantine. Captions accompany the illustrations.

French Baroque and Rococo Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486423838
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
French fashions from 1640–1775, depicted in 45 full-page black-and-white illustrations. Portraits of farmers, street vendors, and aristocrats, all with informative captions.

Medieval Fashions Coloring Book

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486401447
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
Illustrations portray people from every class of society, from farmers to courtiers.

Tudor and Elizabethan Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486413204
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Forty-five handsome, ready-to-color plates depict styles worn by all social classes in 15th- and 16th-century England -- from woolen tunics of country workers to elegant apparel of Tudor monarchs. Captions.

Cavalier and Puritan Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486436551
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Who were the Cavaliers and what elaborate hairstyles did they introduce? Did 17th-century Puritans wear only simple, unadorned black outfits? Coloring book fans find out with the help of this educational, accurately rendered fashion survey of the period. Notes. 45 black-and-white plates.

Spanish and Moorish Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486426525
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Fifteen centuries of Spanish fashion, from the era of the Roman Empire through the rise of the Renaissance, appear in the accurate and meticulously rendered drawings of this coloring book. Its focus resides with the Arabic influences introduced by the Moors, who arrived in Spain in the eighth century and developed a thriving culture until they were driven out in 1492 during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella.

Greek and Roman Fashions

Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486415473
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Outlines the clothing styles worn by the people of the ancient Mediterranean.

Celtic, Viking and Anglo-Saxon Embroidery

Author: Jan Messent
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844484096
Category : Altered books
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book combines everything held dear to the author's heart in a single volume - embroidery, writing, artwork, history and books. Her beautifully executed creations combine myriad materials, including hand-stitched threads, glued papers, fabrics, fibres, paints and beads, and are presented here as a series of 'altered books', each representing a chapter that follows on from the last, and each exploring one of the major themes of the book, including textiles, stitches, clothing and accessories. Historical facts are ingeniously interwoven with contemporary renditions of ancient artworks, bringing to life the ancient skills of Celtic, Viking and Anglo-Saxon women, and celebrating the centuries-old tradition of embroidery in England that has served as a foundation for present-day excellence.