The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 235
t Oxford, andwas executed between the years1338 and 1344. The figureswere evidently worked by thehands as in Punch and Judy,and that it was intended toamuse children is shown bythree little girls who arerepresented as looking on. Though sticks are not strictlya part of dress, unless weconsider the… … 192 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS we are tempted to digress for a moment to give the commentsof M. Lemercier de Neuville on the subject:— The stick ! that is the great argu-ment of Guignol, as well as ofPolichinelle. The stick settles every-thing. It puts an end to disputes, itpays debts, it sends away…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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