Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1920)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917. [from old catalog], Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 296
o the XVIIIth Dynastythe dress of the women was astraight, tight tunic of diaph-anous material kept up bymeans of braces over theshoulders and exposing thebreasts. Servants wore a shortskirt for freedom of movement,leaving the upper portion of the body bare. A very interest-ing fact is that the… … Fig. 120. — Egyptian costume. 276 . SHELTER AND CLOTHING — the shirt or waist was added. This garment opened onthe right side and had a sleeve for the left arm; the under-skirt was changed in length and the outer skirt looped ordraped to show it. This was probably the beginning ofdraperies. During…
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