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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 192

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 192
toed,high-heeled boot, fitting up the leg to just belowthe knee, without a turn-over; the stiff, thickleather, blacking boot with broad, stiff tops, alsonot turned back ; and there was also the resultof the extraordinary melting, crumpled dismissalof all previous stiffness, whereby the old tall… … A MAN OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I.(1625—1649) He has wrapped his blue cloak over his arm, a usualmethod of carrying the cloak. He is simply dressed,without bunches of ribbons or points.

Costume -- Great Britain

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