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 187
noticed (seeFigure no), wears in addition a leather belt, and thereason for this will not perhaps strike the inquirerstraight away. Our grandmothers and great-grand-mothers did not always drive in carriages, and it wascustomary for them, when riding on horseback, to sit 139 140 THE HERITAGE OF… … Fig. 110.—The modern groom, showing the belt to which ladiesclung- when riding on a pillion. Such a livery as we have described is also adoptedby the general run of well-to-do people. The aris-tocracy, however, are more inclined to stand uponceremony, and through it to make more show. Theirfootmen,…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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