Book Review – Textiler Hausrat
Jutta Zander-Seidel, Textiler Hausrat : Kleidung und Haustextilen in Nurnberg von 1500-1650, 1990. How do you review a book written in a language that you can’t read? Well, I can review the pictures. I inter-library-loaned this one after seeing it referenced in several German garb articles, and my experience with it was a mixed bag. First, if you ever get a chance to buy this one, and you have any interest in German garb, get it. There’s frequently-excerpted illustrations shown in whole, second-tier illustrations that are sometimes hard to find, pictures of extant garments together with their ‘portraits’, and just … Continue reading Book Review – Textiler Hausrat