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 232
ting close to the shape, was well calculated to shew the elegance of the form ; and the long open sleeve, even when, as frequently was the case, a tight one was placed under it, gave great grace to the robe. When the bottoms of these sleeves were not trimmed with ermine, they usually had a broad… … ‘ contrast to the towers worn during the preceding reigns. Sometimes it seems to be merely
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