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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 134

An illustration from English costume, 1906, 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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