Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 40
A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF WILLIAM I.(1066—1087) A TWIST of wool holds the gown at the waist. Underthe gown the chemise shows. The neck of the gownis embroidered. I wii||pi «iim *n … WILLIAM THE FIRST 9 over the shoulder, not allowing the hair to show.These wimples were sometimes very broad, andwere almost like a mantle, so that they fell overthe shoulders below the breast. Tied round the wimple they sometimes had asnood, or band of silk. The shoes were like those worn by the…
Costume
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