The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of ClothesWebb, Wilfred Mark
History
The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes
Webb, Wilfred Mark
Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress -- History
113. The wig-bag (a survival of the bag-wig) now seen on the
back of the collar of the Lord Mayor's coachman 143
114. A modern page-boy's livery 145
115. The Dutch skeleton dress, fashionable for boys in 1826 145
116. The cockade known as the "large treble," representing a
survival of the chaperon 152
117. A "treble cockade" covered with black cloth for mourning.
The concentric circles would appear to represent the
twisted liripipe of the chaperon 154
118. Treble cockade used by Chelsea pensioners 155
119. The Regent cockade 155
120. Royal cockade for state occasions 155
121. Ordinary Royal cockade 155
122.{Two stages in the evolution of the chaperon. Combined
{ hood and cape 156
{
123.{Enlargement of the peak of the hood to form the liripipe.
{ (After Calthrop, by kind permission of Messrs. A. and
{ C. Black) 156
124.{Further development of the chaperon. Cape and liripipe
{ made into a head-dress that can be altered at will 157
{
125.{A chaperon ready made up, in order to save trouble.
{ (After Calthrop, by kind permission of Messrs. A. and
{ C. Black) 157
126. Dress worn by the girls at Coombe Hill School, Westerham.
It is a modification of the Dervish Djibah 172
127. Dress worn by the girls at the Croft School, Betley, when
at work 173
128. St. Gregory the Great with his father Gordianus, who was a
senator, on his right, and his mother Sylvia on his left.
This shows the similarity between ecclesiastical and
civil costume in early times. From an authentic picture
(after Marriott) 188
129. A priest in the vestments now worn at the celebration of
the Eucharist 194
130. The coat of arms of Thomas à Becket, showing an
archbishop's pall 198
131. The head-dress of a nun showing the veil and breast-cloth
derived from the wimple, the cap which represents the
chin-cloth, together with the frontal and the hood 203
132. The head-dress of a lady of the time of Henry II. The
wimple is shown covering the chin and head-bands (after
Calthrop) 203
133. The chin-band and forehead strap after the wimple has been
removed (after Calthrop) 203
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