| Description |
143 pages : illustrations (part color), portraits (part color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Paint and primitive magic -- Cosmetics in the ancient civilizations -- Greece and Rome, and eastern attitudes -- Medieval make-up -- The growth of fashion -- The acceptance of cosmetics -- The milkmaid and the merchant's wife -- Restoration beauties -- The rigid society -- The Frenchwoman : and, the Italianate men -- The Regency dandy -- The Victoria myth of womanhood -- The end of Victorian morality -- The Edwardian beauty salon -- The mass market |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 141-142 |
| Subject |
Cosmetics -- History.
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| LC no. |
71508514 |
| ISBN |
0289796970 |
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