British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 423
270 BRITISH COSTUME the peascod doublet is of plain white silk with white lacefalling band and cuffs, the bombasted breeches and hoseare of white silk with needlework crescents, the stockingsof white silk rolled over the knees, and the shoes are alsowhite. There is only one bit of colour in the… … Fig. 359.—Robert Carr and Frances Howard, Earl and Countess of Somerset. dress—the red heels to the shoes. The taste for purewhite prevailed for a time, and in 1607 we have a gentle-mans wardrobe described as a cloak lined with rich taffeta,a white satin suit, the jerkin covered with gold lace,…
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