Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 300
boot. Thetops fit close, and are turned downat the knee, and the edges againturned up half-way down the calf ofthe leg. A large flap with doubleedges protects the instep. The form of top-boots was de-veloped in various ways, until itreached an extravagant pitch inFrance in the reign of Louis… … LOUIS XIII., 161I. The variations igS CHATS ON COSTUME This was the period of the highest, or ratherwidest, development of the tops of the boots; sowide, indeed, did they become, that the gait of aman might be described as straddling rather thanwalking. An example is given of a boot worn by…
Costume
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