Costume of the Russian empire : illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings .. (1811)
Harding, Edward · London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. Stockdale · leaf 287
s femmes conservent ce vêtement jusquà leur premier couche, oùelles commencent à cette époque à se couvrir la tête dun linge blanc, qui,serré sans pli sur le front, est attaché sous le menton. Quand les femmes sontobligées de sortir de chez elles, elles marchent sur des espèces déchasses,pour… … PLATE LXV1. A CIRCASSIAN PRINCE OR NOBLEMAN COMPLETELY ARMED. It is a practice among llie Circassians to compress the waist, from earlyinfancy, as much as possible, by means of the straps on which the sabre issuspended ; hence they are, in general, uncommonly thin between the loinsand the breast.…
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