The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 144
tly useful pin and tie- orhat-pins, which are often quite as important asfastenings, but which may also be highly ornamental. TAGS, PINS, AND BALDRICS 105 These small articles have a special claim to ourattention, as they have been taken as being em-blematical of clothes, or at least of female… … Fig. ioi.—A muff-chain. process of civilization. We meet with pins of bone,in the stage of stone, before metals were used. Inthe stage characterized by bronze we have pins madeof this alloy. Such pins occurred in Egypt beforethe historic period, and they have been found in theSwiss lake dwellings…
Costume · Clothing and dress
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.