British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 345
huge puffs of taffateeor linen, and their stockings (like the knaves of our cards),party-coloured of red and yellow, and other colours. Thisrage for slashing was carried to such an extent that it wasimitated in armour, and a splendid suit in the WallaceCollection is one of the finest examples (Arms… … The Doublet.—The name appears to have been derivedfrom the garment being made of double material, oftenpadded between. At the time of Henry VIII. it was madeso as to open down the front, thereby disclosing the orna-mented shirt. It was as a rule girded round the waist, andthe skirts reached nearly…
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