British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 54
ustra-tions, but when they do appear they are invariably black,and close-fitting. THE DANES The advent of the Danes did not affect the Saxon dressto any appreciable extent. They wore garments of thesame pattern, and it was only by the colours that they could SAXON LADY Head-rail.—Soft green silk… … THE SAXON PERIOD, c. 460 to 1066 21 be distinguished. We glean from Saxon writers that blackwas the prevailing hue. The short period which marked
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