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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 153

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 153
kof displeasure in repeating tosome extent what I have already written aboutthe chaperon, the hood, and the other ancestorsand descendants of the roundlet. A fashion is born, not made. Necessity is themother of Art, and Art is the father of Invention.A man must cover his head, and if he has a… … 100 ENGLISH COSTUME at about a foot and a half, or some such convenientlength, he puts several neat and strong stitchesjoining one point of the folded material. Whenhe wraps this garment about him, leaving thesewn point in the centre of his neck at the back,he finds that he has directed the folds…

Costume -- Great Britain

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