Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 80
3 2 ENGLISH COSTUME of fastening the shirt differ very sHghtly — solittle, in fact, that a shirt of the fourth centurywhich still remains in existence shows the samebutton and loop that we notice of the shirts ofthe twelfth century. The richer man had hisshirt embroidered round the neck and… … his tunic—of wool, or cloth, or (rarely) of silk;the drawing explains the exact making of it. Thetunic, as will be seen, was embroidered at theneck, the cuffs, and round the border. One draw-ing shows the most usual of these tunics, while theother drawings will explain the variations from it—either…
Costume -- Great Britain
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