Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 79
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. … HENRY THE EIGHTH 45 bowels of the earth, that the gems we seek may-be worn on the finger. How many hands arewasted in order that a single joint may sparkle !If any hell there were, it had assuredly ere nowbeen disclosed by the borings of avarice and luxury !Or in the writings of Tertullian, called…
Costume -- Great Britain
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