Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 89
32 ENGLISH COSTUME of fastening the shirt differ very slightly — soHttle, in fact, that a shirt of the fourth centurywhich still remains in existence shows the samebutton and loop that we notice of the shirts ofthe twelfth century. The richer man had hisshirt embroidered round the neck and… … his tunic—of wool, or cloth, or (rarely) of silk;the drawing explains the exact making of it. • Thetunic, as will be seen, was embroidered at theneck, the cuffs, and round the border. One draw-ing shows the most usual of these tunics, while theother dravdngs will explain the variations from…
Costume
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