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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 150

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 150
ves tight at the wrist. The whole gown heldin at the waist by a belt, with one long end hangingdown. Shoes made to fit the shape of the foot, and veryelaborately embroidered and sewn. A long cloak with buckle or lace fastening. In this reign there were thirty English townswhich had carried on a… … HENRY THE THIRD Reigned fifty-six years : 1216—1272.Bom 1207. Married, 1236, to Eleanor of Provence. THE MEN Despite the fact that historians alludeto the extravagance of this reign, thereis little in the actual form of the cos-tume to bear out the idea. Extrava-gant it was in a large way, and…

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