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Dressed to Rule : Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II
Dressed to Rule Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II
Author: Philip Mansel
Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and defi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300106978
ISBN-10: 0300106971
Publication Date: 7/11/2005
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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