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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 95

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 95
r of Satires, 1598, speaks of a A MAN AND WOMAN OF THE TIME OFEDWARD VI. (IS47-I5S3) The change from the dress of the previous reignshould be easily noticed, especially in the case of thewoman. This dress is, of course, of the plainest inthis time. EDWARD THE SIXTH 57 man, an effeminate dandy, as… … is indeed, as Minshein says, the loose collar of adoublet, in reality the same thing as a shirt band. Henry VIII. wore a band about his neck, theforerunner of the ruff. Some of his bands wereof silver cloth with ruffs to them, others, as Ihave shown, were wonderfully embroidered. VOL. III. 8 58…

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