The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 266
sses seen in England to-day are worn on the face-plate, breast-plate, and martingale. On grand occasions, suchas May Day celebrations, and the cart-horse parade of WhitMonday, brasses are specially put on, though there is a ten-dency now for them to be stamped out of thin metal insteadof being… … those which are represented on the horses on Trajans columnand other monuments. The same design is to be seen also on the harness of camels andelephants. The most importantsymbol besides the moon is thatof the sun, which is worn onthe top of the head between theears. Heraldic brasses are not…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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