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Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828
Eight-eight fashion plates from great 19th-century "style" periodical Repository of Arts show evening, riding, walking dress, women's fashion in charmingly rendered pictures. Finest source for post-Empire, pre-Victorian Romantic style in women's costume. 8-page color insert.
120 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1979
About the author
Stella Blum
19 books2 followersStella Blum, née Biercuk (19 October 1916 – 31 July 1985), was an American fashion historian.
Blum was born in Schenectady, New York on 19 October 1916 and graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. degree in 1938. She married George A. Blum the following year and they had two sons together. She attended New York University, Queens College and New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Blum worked for the Museum of Costume Art from 1940 until 1942 when she quit to raise her children. Upon her return in 1953, she was appointed assistant curator and was promoted to associate curator in 1970 and curator of costumes at the Costume Institute from 1970 to 1973. She left the Metropolitan Museum, into which the Costume Institute had merged, to open a new center for the decorative arts and costumes at Kent State University from 1983 to 1985. Blum died of cancer in Ravenna, Ohio, on 31 July 1985.
Blum was a guest curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts, Flint Institute of Arts, Portland Museum of Art, and St. Louis Museum and she catalogued exhibitions in Australia, Switzerland, and Japan. She wrote four books on fashion history, often using images from period catalogues or magazines to illustrate the clothes.
Blum was born in Schenectady, New York on 19 October 1916 and graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. degree in 1938. She married George A. Blum the following year and they had two sons together. She attended New York University, Queens College and New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Blum worked for the Museum of Costume Art from 1940 until 1942 when she quit to raise her children. Upon her return in 1953, she was appointed assistant curator and was promoted to associate curator in 1970 and curator of costumes at the Costume Institute from 1970 to 1973. She left the Metropolitan Museum, into which the Costume Institute had merged, to open a new center for the decorative arts and costumes at Kent State University from 1983 to 1985. Blum died of cancer in Ravenna, Ohio, on 31 July 1985.
Blum was a guest curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts, Flint Institute of Arts, Portland Museum of Art, and St. Louis Museum and she catalogued exhibitions in Australia, Switzerland, and Japan. She wrote four books on fashion history, often using images from period catalogues or magazines to illustrate the clothes.
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January 2, 2016
Two page intro by Stella Blum followed by 80 detailed black& white illustrations of variety types of dress including morning gowns, walking, carriage, promenade, evening, ball gowns, etc. from 1818 to 1828. There are also several pages showing hat styles. There is only one riding outfit -from 1818. Each illustration includes a description of the fabrics and trims, etc. 6 pages show color renderings of some of the outfits. Three page glossary of period fabric and fashion terms. Lovely and affordable book from our good friends at Dover.
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March 10, 2019A good collection of fashion plates.
Ackermann also published advice on home decoration.
(You can read more about it here: https://www.janeausten.co.uk/furnishi... )
Ackermann also published advice on home decoration.
(You can read more about it here: https://www.janeausten.co.uk/furnishi... )
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