Most Popular Books by Henry Shaw

Sixteendesignsfroman 1848 volume, "The Glazier''s Booke"by Henry Shaw, offerauthenticVictorian stained glass patterns hailed by "The Art Journal" as"very quaint and curious" and "most elaborately beautiful.""

More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw''s detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw''s original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.