The book of costume: or, Annals of fashion, from the earliest period to the present time (1846)
Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton, Countess of, 1801-1858 · London, H. Colburn · leaf 131
Ill THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND. the coats now worn ; it is buttoned down the front, and has a kind of collar that lies upon the breast, with a lace frill falling over it. That distinguished statesman and accomplished gentleman. Sir Walter Raleigh, of whom it has been so truly said, ‘‘that he was one… … and adorned with a large pearl and a feather. Sir Francis Bacon is represented in a doublet of a different shape : in front it hangs in folds, the under sleeve is tight, and of the same material as the doublet, hut there is an upper one, covered with embroidery and buttons, which surrounds the arm…
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