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 267
we shall have to look at the longwigs of the serjeants-at-law, from whose ranks in thepast most of the judges used to come. On theSerjeants wig we shall find that there is a similardepression, and that it is filled with a circular white 215 2l6 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS patch, having a black centre,… … Fig. 139.—The wig- of a modern judge. nun, and with which the serjeants-at-law on theircreation were decked. From this cap, the body towhich the serjeants-at-law belonged was called theOrder of the Coif. It seems that the origin of thishead-dress cannot definitely be settled. Mr. Druitt^^and Mr.…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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