English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 267
dy described Effigy of Anna Play-cover a space which extends from the ^ers, 1479 (Sotteriey, , - , . , Suffolk) early years or the fourteenth centuryto about the end of the fifteenth century, and duringthat period there is much overlapping of the differentstyles. This, indeed, is inevitable when… … 152 ENGLISH COSTUME The head-dress known as the hennin was worn byladies of France and Flanders in the fifteenth century.Generally, it may be described as of a high conicalshape, with a muslin veil hanging down from it. Itwas sometimes nearly two feet in length, and the pointextended backwards from…
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