The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 206
ook at the long wigs of the serjeants-at-law, from whose ranksin the past most of the judges used to come. On the Ser-jeants wig we shall find that there is a similar depression, andthat it is filled with a circular white patch, having a blackcentre, and reminding one of two large pieces of court… … which the serjeants-at-law on their creation were decked. From this cap, the body to which the serjeants-at-law belonged was called the Order of the Coif. Itseems that the origin of this head-dress cannot definitely be settled.Mr. Druitt^^ and Mr. Paley Baildonare content to consider it as partof…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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