history, that of the weak Ri-chard II. was remarkable forthe variety and gaiety of itsfashions. The satirists andreformers of the day were zea-lous and loud in their outcriesagainst the extravagance ofthe higher classes. Chaucer,who wrote at this period, indeclaiming against the supcr-fluitee of… … ring, ounding, paling, winding, or bending, and semblable wast of cloth invanitee; but ther is also the costlewe furring in hir gounes, so moche poun-soning of chesel to maken holes, so moche dagging of sheres, with the super-fluitee in length of the foresaide gounes, trailing in the dong and in…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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