American style and spirit : fashions and lives of the Roddis family, 1850-1995 / Jane Bradbury, Edwa...
American style and spirit : fashions and lives of the Roddis family, 1850-1995 / Jane Bradbury, Edwa...
American style and spirit : fashions and lives of the Roddis family, 1850-1995 / Jane Bradbury, Edward Maeder ; photography by Gillian Bostock Ewing and Doug Mindell.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
London : V&A Publishing, 2016.
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/1026
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 31 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Valerie Steele. -- Foreword / Patricia E. Mooradian. -- Foreword / Jeanine Head Miller. -- Preface: Treasures in the attic / Jane Bradbury. -- Preface: Meeting Miss Roddis and her dresses / Edward Maeder. -- Family tree. -- Introduction: "Mute but eloquent testimony": saving the Roddis Co...
Publication information
Publisher
London : V&A Publishing, 2016.
Edition
Hardback edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for generations, here are more than 300 garments and accessories, beautifully preserved and complemented by archival objects, family photographs, and letters, as well as evocative descriptions of whom the garments belonged to, when they were made or bought, and even whe...
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Full title
American style and spirit : fashions and lives of the Roddis family, 1850-1995 / Jane Bradbury, Edward Maeder ; photography by Gillian Bostock Ewing and Doug Mindell.
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Notes
General note
"This book is published to accompany the exhibition "American Style and Spirit: 130 Years of Fashions and Lives of an Entrepreneurial Family," to be held at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A., from Nov 5, 2016 to Apr 2, 2017."--Colophon.
Foreword texts by Valerie Steele, Patricia E. Mooradian and Jeanine Head Miller.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index....
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/1026
Record Identifier
74VKVgBpzEbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBpzEbl
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781851778898 (hardback)
1851778896 (hardback)
DDC
746.92
MMS ID
991024148808002626
