The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 54
eonce used to keep in place two smalltabs at the sides of the coat, and sohelped to produce a waist when re-quired (see Figures 17 and 18), but insome drawings of coats (see Figure 18)the side tabs and their correspondingbuttons are shown in addition to thoseon the back of the coat. In the… … BUTTONS AS CHRONICLES 23 overcoats of the London Electric Tramway drivers. (SeeFigure 16.) It is possible that they represent the topmostbuttons of the lateral seriesstiU found on the overcoats ofthe members of the Corps ofCommissionaires. In this casethere are three buttons on eachside, of which…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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