Bookshelf – The Curator's Curio

Posted on January 14, 2020January 21, 2020 by Alden O'Brien

The Bookshelf: three books on clothing in 19th century photographs

A reminder: "the bookshelf" won't feature long reviews, but will just call people's attention to various books that may be of interest. Some will be reference books for one or another topic; some will be eye candy with or without well-researched text; some will be more social history. Some will be of interest to a…

Posted on January 9, 2020January 14, 2020 by Alden O'Brien

Introducing a Series: The Bookshelf

In this series, I'll do brief posts focusing on a book on costume or social history. Some will be recent releases; others will be classics that I think should be in the library of anyone interested in studying historic dress. Sometimes I'll take something from my far-too-large TBR (to be read) pile (which is not…