The Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat, The Brooklyn Museum, 1989, Very Good softcover.

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Coleman, Elizabeth Ann. Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Museum, 1989.
English, Very Good, SC, 4to, 11" x 9", 208 pp.
ISBN: 0872731197

Softcover in pictorial wraps. Slight cocking to spine, light shelf wear and edgewear, some in-verso rubbing throughout text, minor toning, else clean and tightly bound. 208 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color images. Explores the beginnings of haute couture focusing on the work of English fashion designer and father of haute couture, Charles Fred Worth and the House of Worth, with discussions of the differences and similarities the work of French designers, Jacques Doucet and Emile Pingat, hold in comparison. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at The Brooklyn Museum from December 1, 1989 to February 26, 1990.