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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 312

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 312
of displeasure in repeating tosome extent what I have already v^rritten aboutthe chaperon, the hood, and the other ancestorsand descendants of the roundlet. A fashion is born, not made. Necessity is themother of Art, and Art is the father of Invention.A man must cover his head, and if he has a… … 180 ENGLISH COSTUME at about a foot and a half, or some such convenientlength, he puts several neat and strong stitchesjoining one point of the folded material. Whenhe wraps this garment about him, leaving thesewn point in the centre of his neck at the back,he finds that he has directed the folds…

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