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 275
-vivals. There is, indeed, one uniform which hascome down to us practically unaltered from the year1485. This is the dress worn by the Yeomen of theGuard, who may be looked upon as the KingsRetainers. (See Figure 142.) It is an obvious example of the point that we have 224 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS… … Fig. 142.—A Yeoman of the Guard of the present reig-n. the Tudor crown, which had been superseded by thatof St. Edward, was replaced. The development of the badges on the coat isinteresting. In Henry VIIs reign there was thecrown and the red and white rose. In the timeof Anne the thistle was added,…
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