Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 69
A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF WILLIAMAND MARY (1689—1702) Here you see the cap called the fontage, the blacksilk apron, the looped skirt, and the hair on the highframe called a commode. … \ WILLIAM AND MARY 29 She is very stiff and tight-laced, and very long in the waist; and at the waist where the gown opens and at the loopings of it the richer wear jewelled brooches.Later in the reign there began a fashion for copying mens clothes, and ladies wore wide skirted coats with…
Costume -- Great Britain
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