A TECHNICAL HISTORY OF COSTUME * ANCIENT EGYPTIAN, ASSYRIAN, AND PERSIAN COSTUMES IN PREPARATION ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COSTUME AND DECORATIONS. EUROPEAN COSTUME FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY----WITH DECORATIONS. TYPES OF INDIAN, PERSIAN, CHINESE AND JAPANESE COSTUME AND DECORATIONS. WITH NOTES ON VARIOUS ADDITIONAL TYPES OF PRIMITIVE GARMENTS. * * * * * AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA. LTD. ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ASSYRIAN AND PERSIAN COSTUMES AND DECORATIONS BY MARY G. HOUSTON AND FLORENCE S. HORNBLOWER CONTAINING TWENTY-FIVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, SIXTEEN OF THEM IN COLOUR, AND SIXTY LINE DIAGRAMS IN THE TEXT A. & C. BLACK, LIMITED 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1. 1920 INTRODUCTION If this work is to be kept within its limitations, it is naturally impossible to give a complete survey of all the varieties of the various styles. To get this knowledge it will be necessary to consult the works of reference, of which lists are given in each section. On the other hand, the special aspect of the work is more fully treated than in any other accessible book upon the subject. Every illustration of costume given has been actually cut out and made up before being sketched, except in a few cases which are of the nature of duplicates, so that by following the directions given it will be easy for anyone to reproduce them in material. Where decoration is required, the exact drawing and colouring of the various styles of Historic Ornament, which are the work of F. S. Hornblower (who has also coloured the costumes where necessary), will enable such details to be appropriately applied.