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The age of Napoleon : costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815
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- Creator
- essays by Charles Otto Zieseniss ... [and others] ; Katell le Bourhis, general editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art H.N. Abrams, [1989]
- ©1989
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 270 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 0810919001, 9780810919006, 0870995707, 9780870995712, 9780870995705, 0870995715
- OCLC
- ocm20391889, ocn556774387
- Exhibition catalogue.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-245) and index.
- Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Preface / Katell le Bourhis -- Introduction / Charles Otto Zieseniss -- Costume in the age of Napoleon / Philippe Séguy -- Jewels of the empire / Clare Le Corbeiller -- Joseph Cardinal Fesch and the liturgical vestments of Lyon / Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel -- Silk from Lyon during the empire / Jean Coural and Chantal Gastinel-Coural -- Uniforms in the Napoleonic era / Raoul Brunon -- The emperor's wardrobe / Colombe Samoyault-Verlet -- American women and French fashion / Michele Majer
Subjects
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Exhibitions.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions.
- Clothing and dress -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
- Clothing and dress -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
- Costume -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
- Costume -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.