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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 48

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 48
gowns trail on the ground,and sweep the daisies so lately pressed by mailedfeet and sopped withblood where the SaxonsfeU. Times have changedsince Baldwin was atthe coronation at West-minster on ChristmasDay twenty years ago.Flemish weavers andfarmers arrive fromoverseas, and are estab-lished by… … 12 ENGLISH COSTUME The men adopt longer tunics, made after thesame pattern as before—split up either side andloose in the sleeve—^but in many cases the skirtsreach to the ground in heavy folds, and the sleeveshang over the hands by quite a yard. The necks of these tunics are ornamented asbefore,…

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