British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 70
le of their royal leader. The Tunics, we are in-formed, were made so longand full that they lay uponthe ground and cumbered theheels of the wearers (Fig. 42). The Super-Tunic was considerably lengthened, and thesleeves so developed as to cover the hands. In additionto the rich embroidery used upon… … Fig. 42.—Regal costume.(Cott. MS. Nero C iv.) 36 BRITISH COSTUME The Crusades exerted an influence upon the costumeof the Western nations of Europe which cannot be toostrongly accentuated. For many years before the FirstCrusade in 1096 a more or less constant intercourse withEastern nations had…
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