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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 182

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 182
ollen tights. You will remember in the early part of the reign,before the heraldic shield with the red pale, Cax-tons sign, caught your eye, that the fashionablewore very wide sleeves, great swollen bags fittingonly at shoulder and wrist, and you may recall thefact that a tailor was fined twenty… … A MAN OF THE TIME OF EDWARD IV.(1461—1483) Notice the jagged ribbon falling from the brim ofhis hat; this is the last of the liripipe.

Costume -- Great Britain

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