English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 253
s a strip or band of cloth, silk, orvelvet, often richly ornamented, worn by ladies overthe top of the head and descending on each side ofthe face down to the waist. (See Head Dresses ofLadies.) GLOVES The early history of gloves is involved in someobscurity. Planche, in his Cyclopcedia of… … X < .A MEDIEVAL AND LATER GARMENTS 141 very rare and costly, and were worn only by the mostexalted personages. There is confirmation of this inthe fact that gloves form part of the coronation gar-ments of the English sovereigns and are also part ofepiscopal vestments. Before gloves came into…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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