British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 229
aggerated form,we append Fig. 168, taken from a portrait of the Duke ofBedford (temp. Henry VI.). With regard to the civilians, a brass executed in 1400,and lying in Tilbrook Church, Bedfordshire, well illustratesthe style then coming into vogue. The man, who exhibitsthe bifid beard affected by… … HENRY IV., HENRY V. 141 The bag sleeves are very clearly indicated, together with themethod for fastening them by buttons at the wrists. Anornamental belt is worn round the waist (not the hips, as inthe previous reign), and from it depends the anelace of verylarge dimensions (Fig. 169). This brass…
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