The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 43
ems not the slightestdoubt but that we can tracethe coat from the shawl. Asimple improvement in the latter is to join two edges of theshawl together and make a tunic. Such a tubular garmentwas used in Greece, and, with some slight modifications, isworn by Egyptian women to-day. It came up to… … Figure 2.—Sketch showing thedevelopment of the tunic. In thisstage it has no arms. r4 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS e by putting a narrow one over the shoulders and lifting up thearms as shown in Figure 3. The material has only to be sewntogether under the arms, and, if necessary, cut into shape. If the…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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