Chats on CostumeRhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
History
Chats on Costume
Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft)
Clothing and dress
Fabrics:
cloth of gold, 43;
silk, 44;
ciclatoun, cendal, taffetas, sarcenet, 46;
patternings of, 48;
satin, 46;
velvet, 46;
Sicilian brocades, 49-51
Farthingale, 162;
great wheel, 164
Fashion, genuine woman of, 153
French Revolution, influence on dress, 150;
disappearance of three-cornered hat, 227
Froissart, Harleian Library, caricature of pig walking upon stilts, 42
Garter, mantle of, 52, 94;
vestments of, 94;
jewel of, 95;
embroiderings of, 94;
as at present worn, 96
General survey, 19-57
Girdle, various kinds of, 77;
of Charlemagne, 77;
imperial girdle of Holy Roman Empire, 77;
of Henry VI., 77;
in brasses, 78
Gosson, Stephen, "Schoole of Abuse," 36
Gozzoli, Benozzo, frescoes at Pisa, 101
Greeks, costumes of modern, 78
Gresham, Sir Thomas, gift of silk stockings to Edward VI., 120
Hair, moustachios, and beard, 237-277
---- length of, privilege of Kings and Princes of the Franks, 240;
condemnation of by the priesthood, 240
Harold, King, banner under which he fought at Hastings, 52
Hat, chimney-pot, 25, 57, 205, 220, 222-224;
development of, 222-224;
centenary of modern, 222;
Greek broad-brimmed, 210;
cocked, 130;
Kevenhuller, 132, 227;
slouch, Stuart period, 226;
panama, 232;
bowler, 232
Hats, caps, and bonnets, 205-233
Headcoverings not a necessity, 205
Head-dresses, extravagances of, 260-271;
horned, 36, 41, 213-215;
heart-shaped, 215;
steeple, 215
Hennin, 216
Hood, Roman hooded cloak, 208;
variations of, 209
Hooped petticoat, 159-175;
inconveniences of, 170;
disappearance of, 170
Hose, tight-fitting, 114;
parti-coloured, 115;
Gallic, 120;
silk, 120;
Venetian, 120
Illuminated MSS., colouring of, 73
Jerkin, 117
Jewels, worn in hats, 224
Jonson, Ben, quotations from "Silent Woman," 38, 236, 268;
"Every Man out of his Humour," 122
Kirtle or petticoat, the, 135-156
Kirtle "Romaunt of the Rose," 73-136;
a development tunic, 135
La Tour Landry, Knight of, St. Bernard's admonition of his sister, 36;
extravagance in dress, 41;
horned head-dresses, 214;
painted faces, 276
Lorenzo, Fiorenzo di, paintings by, 99, 100, 113
Love locks, 250
Lydgate, monk of Bury, satires, 41
Lyly's "Euphues," 1580, fable of wind and sun, 22
Macaronies, 260
Malay Peninsula, clothing of aborigines, 20
Mantle, the, 83-106;
of Elijah, 83;
St. Martin, 84;
Raleigh, 84;
Archdruid's, 88;
coronation mantle of Holy Roman Empire, 88;
Frankish, 89;
colour of Charlemagne's, 90;
Edward the Confessor's, 90;
Norman period, 90;
Queen Matilda's, 91;
of the Order of the Garter, 94
Mary, Queen, description of portrait of, 138
Merry Monarch, beauties of the Court of, 141
Merveilleuses, 150
Moustachios, Charles I., third Empire, a reigning monarch, 272
Muffs, 104
Nazarite law, 240-244
Ondina or waved Jupons, advertisement in _Illustrated London News_, 1863, 175
Otaheite, festal dress, 166
Painted faces, 250-252
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