Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 103
89 PERSONAL ADORNMENT. day, regiments of soldiers, like the horse guards of England, and the lancers of France, Et les dragons mêlant, sur leur casque gépide, Le poil taché du tigre au crin noir des coursiers, V. H. wear upon their caps or helmets floating appendages. Ribbons also, feathers and… … HEAD-DEESS, SHOWING THE URÆUS, OF THE ANCIENT KINGS OF EGYPT. haustible means of emphasising the direction of the body. The lightness of the materials, rendering these ornaments moveable, makes them express not the ac- cidental or insignificant changes of position of the in- dividual, but the…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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