The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 258
iginally she was a female harlequin, or harlequinne, andher dress of spangles is still sometimes used in fancy-dressdances. Of the other characters, who once assisted thosethat we have described, we have none left. Scaramouchpersisted for some time, and was, hke the harlequin andcolumbine, a… … STAGE COSTUMES 213 we have the acrobat. His dress is simple and eminentlysuitable for the work which he has to do ; it consists of a vest,very short trunk hose or breeches, and long Florentine hose,or, as we now call them, tights. Though such a costume wasseen in the reigns of the early Tudors, in…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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