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Cecil Willett Cunnington

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Cecil Willett Cunnington was an English medical doctor and collector, writer and historian on costume and fashion. When he died The Times called him the Leading Authority on English Costume. He and his wife Phillis Emily Cunnington (1887–1974) worked together not only in their medical practice but also on their collection and writing. In 1947 the Cunningtons' extensive costume collection was acquired by the Manchester City Art Gallery and the Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall was opened.

Books

The History of Underclothes

The History of Underclothes

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Handbook of English Mediaeval Costume ... With Illustrations by Barbara Phillipson and Catherine Lucas. (Second Edition.).

Handbook of English Mediaeval Costume ... With Illustrations by Barbara Phillipson and Catherine Lucas. (Second Edition.).

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Handbook of English Costume in the Eighteenth Century

Handbook of English Costume in the Eighteenth Century

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington

The Perfect Lady

The Perfect Lady

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth [-nineteenth] Century

Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth [-nineteenth] Century

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Cecil Willett Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume

Illus.by Cecil Everitt and Phillis Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume

Cecil Willett Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume

A Dictionary of English Costume

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington, Charles Relly Beard

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Charles Beard, Phillis Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume

With Colour Frontispiece and 303 Line Illustr. by Cecil Everitt and Phillis Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Charles Beard, Phillis Cunnington

Cecil Willett Cunnington

A Dictionary of English Costume, by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. --

A Dictionary of English Costume, by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. --

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Charles Beard

A dictionary of English costume

A dictionary of English costume

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Charles Beard

The Perfect Lady

The Perfect Lady

Cecil Willett Cunnington

Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth Century

Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth Century

Cecil Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington

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