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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 233

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 233
e shown to hide a merry-eyed lady, hercountry clothes, apron, striped petticoat, bunchedup skirt,linen cap,her littleflaunt ofcurls showher still mis-c h ie vous.The pair ofthem, inreality relig-ious fanatics,prepared a harvest that they little dreamt of—a harvest ofextravagant clothes and… … 142 ENGLISH COSTUME In the next reign you will see an entirely newera of clothes—the doublet and jerkin, the trunksand ruffs have their last eccentric fling, theybecome caricatures of themselves, they do all thefoolish things garments can do, and then, allof a sudden, they vanish—never to be taken…

Costume -- Great Britain

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