Review: The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World

Pearce, Emma

Review: The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World

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Pearce, Emma (2025) Review: The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World. Textile History. pp. 283-284. ISSN 0040-4969
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Creators/Authors:

Pearce, Emma

Abstract:

Review of Elisabeth Gernerd, The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, New York and Dublin, 2023. xv þ 260 pp., 127 illus. £27.99. ISBN 9781350293373

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00404969.2025.2532306

Uncontrolled Keywords:

review, dress history, underwear, 18th century

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School of Design

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18 January 2024

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14 November 2025