The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 145
outside of it. The name of the skeleton dress isinteresting, because it points to thebuttons marking out the position of thebreast bone, and it recalls the story thatthe lacing on the breast of Hussars,which we have interpreted as represent-ing enlarged buttonholes, was intendedto give the… … Figure 112. — Asheriffs coachman withthe full-skirted coat ofthe time of George II. the other two series have migrated and (By the courtesy of . . ,, Messrs. F. T. Prewettonginally and Co.) joined with those which io6 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS
Costume · Clothing and dress
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