Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 134
nable wore such aruff as required an underproper, and that thestarched circular ruff would stand by itself withoutthe other appliance. Before the advent of the heavily-jewelled andembroidered stomacher, and the enormous spreadof skirt, the dress was a modification of that wornby the ladies in the… … of cambric from the elbow to the wrist), the skirt fulland long, but without any train ; the whole fitted A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF ELIZABETH(1558—1603)
Costume -- Great Britain
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