The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 75
only needs the attention to be drawn to the point to make one realize that, if the plume hadbeen on the right side, it mightoften have got in the way ofa sword and thereby caused theoverthrow or even death of itswearer. At the present day inthe army (see Figure 59), theplumes will be found on… … 42 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS and has shown that the Httle red flap that hangs on the leftside as a useless appendage is really the original cap. Busbies were the special attributes of theHussars, who were originallyHungarian soldiers. It is thepeasants cap of Hungary thatis the forerunner of the…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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