Stage Costume Handbook Author:Berneice Prisk This is a vintage handbook for a costume designer for the theatre. It is comprised of 2 parts, one on background for costume design and one on construction. The first part contains chapters on historical costume and national and traditional costume. The second contains chapters on process, setting up a shop, fabrics and their use onstage, patter... more »ns, dyeing and painting, and mask, armor and special item construction. It also features appendixes on draping, vendors and costume crew management.« less