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 281
chaperon.It is a thick ring covered outside with crimson velvet,and inside with white silk. To one side of this isfastened a long band of crimson velvet one andthree-quarter times as long as the hood is wide. This 230 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS represents, of course, the liripipe of the chaperon.(See… … Fig. 144.—The hood from the mantle of a Knight of the Garter,showing the survival of the chaperon and its liripipe. the breast of the wearer. In addition there are somewide loops and ends of ribbon called the streamer,and narrow ribbons with which to fasten the structureto the mantle. The hoods of…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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