The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 85
of perforations, or, in moretechnical language, open-work, and the background whichshows up the design is no longer the material of the stockings,but the skin of their fair wearers. (See Figure 74.) In many cases the stockings are dark in colour, and the effectof tattooing is produced without the… … FiGURE 72.—A stocking with clocks. ing, in the daytime under a thin veil of gauze or lace, the necksand arms which since the time of our grandmothers have onlybeen allowed to appear uncovered in the evening. Leather stockings were once worn, for example, by WilliamPenn, and they and the leggings of…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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