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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 57

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 57
ss fashionand the English fashion, anatural evolution of thenational dress. The Ger-man fashion is that slashed,extravagant - looking crea-tion which we know so wellfrom the drawings of Albert Diirer and the moreGerman designs of Holbein. The garments whichwere known as blistered clothes are… … 30 ENGLISH COSTUME shoulder to shoulder, tied with thongs of leather orcoloured laces to the breeches, leaving a gap betweenwhich showed the shirt; the universal pouch onthe breeches often highly decorated and jewelled.From the line drawings you will see that thesleeves and the breeches took every…

Costume -- Great Britain

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