The corset and the crinoline : a book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time (1868)
Lord, William Barry · London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler · leaf 53
only seems to have been a mark of servitude.Thus the lady of Sir Ladore, when he feasted the king, by way ofcourtesy waited at the table— The lady was gentyll and small,In kirtle alone she served in hall. We are further informed that at the close of the fifteenth century itwas used as a habit of… … The Princess Blanche, Daughter of Edward III. THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. 49 having only her kirtle upon her back. John Gower, however, whowrote at about the same period as Chaucer, thus describes a company ofladies. They were, says he, clothed all alike, in kirtles with rich capesor mantles,…
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