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 63
will be continued, and here andthere lines of research will be indicated, while some 25 26 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS problems will be left for our readers to solve. In thesecond part of the book, it is intended to deal witha certain number of costumes which have been handeddown to us as they are. At… … Fig. 12.—The buttons on the back of a policemans great coat. (see Figure 12) and on the tunics of some soldiers.The first question which we will endeavour to answeris. Why are they there ? The two upper buttons in thecase of uniforms are now used to support a belt, andat first sight it looks as if…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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