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
134. Hanging sleeve of the fifteenth century 209
135. The hanging sleeve of a Chancellor of Oxford University 211
136. A college cap or trencher 214
137. Cranmer's hat, illustrating a stage in the evolution of a
mortar-board (after Fairholt) 214
138. The hat of a bishop of the Stuart Period showing a stage
at which the stiffening now seen in the mortar-board was
becoming necessary (after Fairholt) 214
139. The wig of a modern judge 216
140. The vestige of the coif from the wig of a serjeant-at-law 217
141. A barrister's gown showing the vestigial hood and its
streamer. The buttons and braid which once temporarily
looped up the sleeves now fix it permanently 219
142. A Yeoman of the Guard of the present reign 224
143. The wig-bag or "flash" from a Court suit, showing the
rosette held away and displaying the black silk bag. At
the lower corners of the latter loops are seen, which are
probably the remains of those through which a ribbon was
passed, which went round the neck and fastened on the
breast by a brooch 229
144. The hood from the mantle of a Knight of the Garter,
showing the survival of the chaperon and its liripipe 230
145. Relic of chain mail on the shoulder of an Imperial Yeoman 233
146. Chain mail illustrated by the brass of Sir Richard de
Trumpington, A.D. 1289 234
147. A reversion in military equipment. One of Cromwell's
Ironsides (1679), from a print. A Cavalryman sketched at
Aldershot in 1901. Copied, by permission, from the _Daily
Mail_ 237
148. The prickers on the shoulder-belt of a Hussar, which
survive from the time of flint-lock muskets 239
149. The Oscan Pulicinella of 1731, without a long nose. The
dress is very similar to that figured in 1630 (after
Riccoboni) 256
150. The Calabrian Giangurgolo of 1731, with the long nose. The
dress is very similar to that figured in 1630 (after
Riccoboni) 257
151. An ancient bronze statuette with the face and features of
Punch (after Ficorroni) 258
152. A fourteenth-century puppet-show (from the MS. of the
"Roman d'Alexandre") 259
153. Punch, from the Punch and Judy Show, showing the ruff and
other details of Elizabethan costume 263
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