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Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Anne Kjellberg, Susan North
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 198611
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1851774548
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9781851774548
ASIN: 1851774548
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Book Description
In the late 19th century, women wore bustles, corsets, and ankle-length petticoats under skirts that swept the ground. By the 1930s, some of the same women were wearing trousers, short skirts, and simple draped dresses. Nowhere is this extraordinary transition more beautifully and extensively documented than in the wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway, the granddaughter of England's Queen Victoria. One of the best-dressed women of her age, she took every opportunity to indulge her passion for clothes.
Style and Splendour showcases some of Queen Maud's most spectacular garments. Using photographs of her magnificent clothes and accessories, most made by the foremost designers of her day and now preserved in Oslo, the book tells the story of the evolution of women's fashion from the 1890s to the 1930s. AUTHOR BIO: Anne Kjellberg is curator of Queen Maud's collection at the National Museum of Art/Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo. Susan North is curator in the Department of Furniture, Textiles and Dress at the V&A and author of Historical Fashion in Detail.
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A Queen's Closet January 22, 2006
Jane Burson (Texas)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
All of the books on historical fashion published by the Victoria & Albert Museum are beautiful, and this is no exception. I saw this exhibition while I was in London this summer and I was pleasantly surprised at liking the book because I always assumed that publications wouldn't be able to measure up to seeing the garments in person. Instead I found that the book gives me a chance to appreciate each beautiful garment at my leisure, and read the history about Queen Maud (which gives a context and feeling of `realness' to the clothing). The book features Edwardian coronation gowns (literally, Maud wore one for the coronation of Edward VII, her father), sportswear (riding gowns etc.), and dresses and suits through the late 30's all beautifully photographed and described.
Queen Maud as costumer's resource April 4, 2007
Diane Macpherson (Escondido, CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is excellent for costuming ideas. It has large, sharp pictures that show the details on the dresses beautifully.
 beautiful images June 25, 2007
Christopher S. Smallwood
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Beautiful book. Beautiful images. I wanted MORE images but that's just me.
Cool to see some other designers works besides the greats like Dior and Balenciaga. There are a few outfits that really take my breath away. If it had more images I would have given it 5 stars! but it really is a 5 star book for most people.
Style&Splendor January 18, 2008
Great book!! another Bible for me for great design and detail for young designers .
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