Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 430
asense of splendour anddignity ; the short sleevesof the fashionable over-coats, puffed and swollen,barred with rich appliquedesigns or bars of fur,reaching only to theelbow, there to end ina hem of fur or somerich stuff, the collar aswide as these paddedshoulders, all told in effect as garments… … S58 ENGLISH COSTUME the overcoats were sleeveless. Beneath thesegarments the trunks were worn—loose littlebreeches, which, in the German style, werebagged, puffed, rolled, and slashed in infinitevarieties. Let it be noticed that the cutting ofslashes was hardly ever a straight slit, but in the
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