MOLENDA, Maria – Stories of Clothing from Nomina Rosae

MOLENDA, Maria—Stories of Clothing from Nomina Rosae. Foreword by Beata Biedrońska-Słota, collages by Barbara Nałęcz-Nieniewska, translated into English by Maciej Walasek, book design by Joanna Raczek-Baran and Maria Molenda. Nowy Sącz 2025. Nomina Rosae. 4, p. 288, 1 loose plate. Original paperback binding.
In very good condition. Includes:
- The Middle Ages—Dragons, Flowers, and Lions; The Holy Thread—Coronation Robes; The Greyhound’s Chest and Fashion; Houppelande—Red Cloths from Florence and the Attire of Kraków’s Burghers; The Coats of the King’s Sons
- The Renaissance—Milanese velvet and Moorish embroidery—on a lady’s ermine-trimmed gown; The future queen’s white gown; Sayan; The most beautiful Renaissance garment; Regina’s bonnet and the Wawel heads; The splendor of the royal wardrobe
- Baroque and Rococo - Bizarre patterns and rosebuds; The Melancholic; Sarmatian tastes; The chest of merchant Tymowski’s garments; Between tradition and new fashions; The redingote; The banian; A fan of styles; Fashion around the guillotine
- The Beautiful 19th Century - Sensible and Romantic; La belle ferronnière and a leg of mutton; A Gentleman in a Robe; Horsehair and Steel in the Salons; Mourning the Fatherland; Teodora’s Gown; Two Turniures and a Princess; Under Dorian’s spell; The Belle Époque wedding dress
- Art Nouveau and Art Deco - An Outfit to Bid Farewell to an Era; Dragonfly Wings and Lilies; Patriotic Fashions; An Outfit for the Journey on the Titanic
- Costumes in Theater and Film
- Recalling History.