The book of craftsmen; the story of men's handiwork through the ages (1900)
Bruce, Marjory · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 218
The Book of Craftsmen or deep green, and making them magnificent with buttons and braid and gold lace. Then, when clerics ceased to wear cassocks or long gowns, and took to knee-breeches … AN OFFICER OF THE worn three-cornered hats looked with consterna- THIRD DRAGOON tion at young men sporting that type of hat then GUARDS Late eighteenth century called a beaver, but now usually described as a ' topper.' Like the many-caped, high-waisted overcoat, the ' topper ' came from France. And…
Decorative arts · Industrial arts
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