British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 280
al use of the system for the next half century.A soldier habited in a pourpoint is inserted here for illus-tration (Fig. 219, PL). The method adopted for making apourpoint consisted in having a perfect-fitting garment ofthe shape required to serve as a lining; upon this waslaid the proper dress… … Edward IV.15 E iv.) (Roy. MS. 174 BRITISH COSTUME pourpoint worn by Gloucester indicate these quiltings; thecolour is red, and the edges have a border of fur. Thesleeve is extremely characteristic of this reign, being formedlike a cylinder, and having a hole in the upper part for thearms to pass…
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