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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 76

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 76
elies a vast difference,but who between themshow, the one, the estateof England, and theother, those most Ger-man fashions which hadso powerful an influenceupon our own. Boththese men show the pro-fusion of richness, theextravagant follies of the dress of their time,how, to use the words of Pliny:… … A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF HENRY VIII.(1509—1547) Notice the wide cuffs covered with gold network,and the rich panel of the underskirt.

Costume -- Great Britain

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