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 338
was by no means an uncommonpatronymic in that place. In order to reconcile thestatements that the dress of the pantaloon is Eliza-bethan and his nether garments are Venetian, whichmight appear to be mutually contradictory, it must bepointed out that the Venetian breeches had been intro- STAGE… … Fig. 159.—A pantaloon, showing- an Elizabethan costume of whichVenetian breeches form part. The columbine, who, like the harlequin, does notspeak, and so keeps up the pantomime character,wears the ballet dress of early Victorian times. Orig-inally she was a female harlequin, or harlequinne,and her…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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