The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 247
had previously been known formany years, but the origin of which was undetermined. Ithas been shown that these palettes were used for grinding upmalachite to form a green colour with which to paint the eye.The idea was, it is supposed, to mitigate the glare of the sun,and is similar to that which… … Figure 157.—A clown, showingsurvival of an Elizabethancostume. 202 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS the leaves of henna. The result is that the part to which it isappUed becomes a yellowish red or deep orange colour. Themost common practice is to dye the tips of the fingers and toesso far as the first joint,…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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