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Colonial And Early American Fashions (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)

This entertaining and educational coloring book provides a fascinating glimpse of clothing styles worn by Colonial Americans — from the early years of colonization to the onset of the American Revolution. Carefully researched and meticulously rendered by illustrator Tom Tierney, 45 excellent, ready-to-color illustrations present an exciting panorama of wearing apparel spanning nearly 150 years of fashion history.Accurately depicted are men, women, and children from every social class: Puritans of the early 17th century (who, contrary to common belief, wore other colors besides black), Danish immigrants (1650), Maryland settlers (1630), pirates dressed in the latest fashions acquired as booty; an independent servant, an English officer and his lady, a colonial merchant's family of the early-1700s, an eighteenth-century Quaker woman, and many others.Often a food indication of class and rank, garments include simple woolen trousers, muslin shirts and cotton dresses worn by country people, laborers, and artisans. Waistcoats, silken breeches, and linen shirts are the apparel of choice among well-to-do townsmen and military officials, while gowns of satin and brocade clothe ladies of means. Descriptive, fact-filled captions accompany each finely detailed illustration.Engaging, full-page displays of shoes, headgear, hairstyles, and powdered wigs complete this collection — sure to appeal not only to coloring book fans but to costume historians and designers as well.

Series: Dover Fashion Coloring Book

Paperback: 48 pages

Publisher: Dover Publications (January 12, 1998)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0486403645

ISBN-13: 978-0486403649

Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.3 x 11 inches

Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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This book is great, not only for the detail of the dresses and costumes, but for the variety of outfits portrayed. I was expecting a lot of dresses, like you would see in Colonial Williamsburg, perhaps. Dress in the English style. But there are quite a few pictures of other colonial dress. There is a Scottish couple, Dutch fashions, and a drawing of Swiss immigrants. Very educational, as we tend to think only of English colonists during this time period.

Another Wonderful coloring book that not only gives you something to color, but the captions at the bottom teach a lot as well. Could be used for children very well. Any of these historic fashion books give a lot of information. I like anything by Tom Tierney!!!!!

The main reason I was attracted to this coloring book is because my ancestors go back to a colonial America and its fascinating to see what people typically wore back then. Especially my ancestors who were mostly poor farmers

My 12-year-old daughter loves Tom Tierney's coloring books. She loves the beautiful artwork and the details in the drawings. I like them for the historical information she learns in reading about the fashions. Also, his description of what the historical fashions would have looked like encourages her to put together colors she might not have considered. These are such favorites with my daughter and granddaughter that my daughter requested copies of the ones she had already colored so that she could do them again.

This is an excellent panorama of costumes representing Colonial and Early American Fashions, including nobility, servant, officer, pirate and more. The detail is beautiful, and careful research is obvious here. Tom Tierney can do no wrong!For classroom use, homeschoolers, or adults fascinated with the everyday details of people's lives throughout history, I strongly recommend this book. Beautiful!

Another great tom tierney coloring book. Not only are his illustrations great to color but he includes a paragraph or two at the bottom. He puts information on which colors would've been worn at that time and names of accessories. There's also a bonus section in the back with all kinds of hair accessories, hats and shoes to color. This book arrived in just a few short days and you can't beat the price.

It is a great book. I have many other books my this author and we all love them! Its a great buy!

I was having trouble locating coloring books from the early years so went to the computer....and wow....got too many to chose so bought one of most of them.I have a granddaughter that is artistic and also into fashion so she loved the book (Have only given her one, saving some for Christmas).Hope to order more when I have time.Ijjami...Missouri

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