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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 92

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primitively, a head-dress was made from a piece of cloth, round whicha fillet was tied so that it fitted the head. In thisconnexion Figure 45 is most interesting. It repre- VESTIGES IN THE HAT 53 sents the back view of the head of the Egyptianwoman of the Sixth Dynasty, who is seen inFigure 76, and… … Fig. 47.—A sailor hat with bandand streamers. Fig. 48.—A twelfth-centuryhead-dress with streamersfrom a MS. (after VioUetle Due). fourteenth century, shown in Figure 46, has also anordinary band. The childs sailor hat and the Scotch cap are amongthe modern head coverings which retain the…

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