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 64
his theory, it can be shown that the sword-belt was not necessarily worn outside the coat (seeFigures 18 and 19). We must therefore look round for further evidence, BUTTONS AS CHRONICLES 27 and we find that those coats which bear the pair ofbuttons, have a slit up the middle which gives rise tothe… … Fig. 13.—The buttons that close the slit up the back of an ulster. so that they were ready for the saddle at a momentsnotice. The division in the coat which we are con-sidering, allowed one tail to fall conveniently on eachside of the horse after its rider had mounted it. In long overcoats of…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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