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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 77

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 77
orders of tunics, of cloaks, the edgings of sleeves,and bands upon the shoes, were elegantly patterned.The more important the man, the finer his shoes. As will be seen from the drawings, the manwore his hair long, smoothly parted in the centre, A MAN OF THE TIME OF STEPHEN (1135—1154) He is wearing… … STEPHEN 31 with a lock drawn down the parting from the backof his head. As a rule, the hair curled back natur-ally, and hung on the shoulders, but sometimes theolder fashion of the past reign remained, and thehair was carefully curledin locks and tied withcoloured ribbon. Besides the hood…

Costume -- Great Britain

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