Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 54
texture and fold. It has always beenused, since its introduction into the West, for robesof state and for the more sumptuous kind of dress.The place of its origin is not known, but it probablycomes from China. In a letter preserved in the Record Office {circa1505) to Edmund de la Pole, Earl of… … DUCHESS OF ANCASTER (AFTER HUDSON) 48 CHATS ON COSTUME named, mentioned only as your friend, for nothaving communicated with De la Pole earlier, ashe had hoped, to send him news from England, thewriter continues :— For your gown he axked me howe many ellesvelvet wold serve you. I told hym xiiij…
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