Slight curling to the outer corners of the front cover. Patterns of Fashion 4: The content, cut, construction and context of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c.1540-1660 This volume is devoted to the linen clothes of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods, and is a companion to Janet Arnold's previous volume on tailored clothes of the same era. It contains full colour portraits and photographs of details of garments in the explanatory section as well as patterns for 86 items of linen clothing which range from men's shirts and women's smocks, from superb ruffs and collars to boot hose and children's stomachers. Beautifully produced, it is an invaluable guide to both the history and the recreation of these wonderful garments.