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 447
THE TOILETTE IN THE BIRMAN EMPIRE. … of precious stones which compose this ornament. These strings are fastened by bosses where they unite. Three strings of open chain -wwk mark the lowest rank ; three of twisted wire is the next, then of six, of nine, and of twelve. No subject is allowed more than twelve ; the king alone wears…
Costume
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