The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 144
odernmanservant who attends at table,or the waiter in the restaurant, wefind that he has come out of hisgeneration, as it were, and hasadopted the dress of his mastersbefore they have themselves dis-carded it. Confusion has arisenthrough this before now, and ithas been suggested that if orna-mental… … Figure m.—A footman in to notice the change which suddenly plush breeches and with ° -^ came over the dress of the waiters. breeches andpowdered hair. His pouter Strge ra.X?£e c?lrte°y When the latter first arrived theyOf Messrs. F. T. Prewett and had black cloth buttons on their coats, while in a…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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