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Chats on costume (1906)

Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 200

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herewas a plain high-standing collar without lace, whichwent round the back of the head. There was theplain collar of the Cromvvellians, which covered theshoulders, and there was also the rich lace collar ofthe latter part of the reign of Charles I. The plaitsof the ruff were occasionally pinned,… … a >» a %> X ?: — ^*^ ■r. r* ^ •O — ^ ;^ 13 194 CHATS ON COSTUME me when I bestowed you ^owns and petticoats : andyou in return gave me bracelets and shoe-ties ?How you foold me, and set me sometimes to pinpleats in your rufif two hours together ? In an old play called Lingua ; or, the Combat…

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