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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 698

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 698
e sur-mounted by a cocked hat. Colours and combinationsof colours are very striking:petticoats of black satincovered with large bunchesof worked flowers, morninggown of yellow flowered satin faced with cherry-coloured bands, waistcoats of one colour with afringe of another, birds-eye hoods, bodices… … GEORGE THE SECOND Reigned thirty-three years: 1727—1760. Born 1683. Married, 1705, Caroline of Anspach. THE MEN Just a few names of wigs, and you will see howthe periwig has gone into the background, howthe bobwig has superseded the campaign-wig; youwill find a veritable confusion of barbers…

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