Inside Out Library · Explore

Chats on costume (1906)

Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 226

An illustration from Chats on costume, 1906, leaf 226
with the view of encouragingyEnglish manufactures, it was by Parliament enactedthat all persons above the age of six years, exceptonly the nobility and persons of degree, should onSabbaths and holydays wear caps of wool, of Englishmanufacture. Twenty-six years afterwards this lawwas repealed. This… … TKANCIS HACON. Engraved by IV. Marshall. 220 CHATS ON COSTUME the plume and jewels, without appearing startlinglyobtrusive. It could be made in any cloth, and wouldbe a great improvement on the caps which are atpresent in use. The extreme refinement, however,of the Tudor cap is due to the material,…

Costume

Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Chats on costume

More like this