Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Eliza (Davis) 1866- · London Macmillan · leaf 269
y a transparent robe of thefinest white muslin, and the arrangement of thehair, or wig, was always elaborate. Framing theface, it rested on either shoulder in a dense massof plaits, the back hanging in a straight line ofthick braids just below the nape of the neck,while a gleaming metal fillet… … AN EGYITIAN DANCER. XIX OF DANCING DRESSES 227 be found in Egypt to-day in the persons of theGhawazees. In common with most Orientaldancers, the Ghawazee takes up her position ona brightly coloured carpet. She is dressed in asleeveless corselet, brilliantly enamelled after thestyle of an Egytian…
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