The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of ClothesWebb, Wilfred Mark
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The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes
Webb, Wilfred Mark
Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress -- History
Cockade, 61, 152, =152=
-- black, 153
-- bow of ribbon on, 156
-- evolution of, 153, =156=, =157=
-- for mourning, 154, =154=, 159
-- jagged edges of, 158
-- material of, 154
-- of Chelsea pensioners, =155=, 156
-- -- Danish ambassadors, 160
-- -- French ambassadors, 160
-- -- of various colours, 158
-- regent, =155=, 156, 159
-- royal, 154, 155, =155=, 159
-- treble, =152=, 156
Cockades, not under the jurisdiction of Heralds' College or Lord
Chamberlain, 153
-- of foreign ambassadors, 160
-- -- chauffeurs, 160
-- those entitled to use, 153, =159=
-- worn by gentlemen, 152
Cocking, 200
Coffins, Bronze Age, 18
Coif of Serjeant-at-law, 216
-- Order of the, 215
-- vestige of, 215, =217=
Coin, custom of breaking, upon engagement, 115
Coldstream Regiment, motto of, 246
Collar, broad lace, at Eton, 169
-- silver worn by additional drummer, 244
Collars, high, keep the head at a wrong angle, 356
-- metal of Padaung women, =114=; Plate VI, facing page 114
-- of Court ushers and vergers, 218
-- -- ladies' mantles standing up, 48
-- -- nuns, 202
-- worn by pet animals, 298
_Colobium sindonis_, 221
Colonial, dress of the, 319
Colour, craving for, shown by the gorgeous dress of Masons, 308
-- -- -- -- -- green scarfs of the Foresters, 308
-- -- -- -- -- pageants, 306
-- of academical dress, 309
Colours, 192
-- gay uniforms come under the category of courtship, 250
-- heraldic, derived from flags, still worn, 308
-- house, 171
-- of ancient drawings due to caprice of artists, 131
-- -- Naval uniform, 251
-- -- regiments, 309
Columbine, ballet dress of, 285
Comb as an ornament, 117, =118=
Combs, hair, 118, =118=
-- loom, the origin of the ornamental comb, 117, =118=
Combination garments of boiler cleaners, 320
-- -- -- Normans, 320
Coombe Hill School, Westerham, dress worn by girls at, 172, =172=
Commissionaires, buttons on overcoats of, 30
Companies, Livery, robes of, 138
Complexions, false, of Roman ladies, 278
Convicts' dress, 91
Cope, 197, 199
-- of fifteenth century, 212
Cornish, Mr. C. J., on animals' clothes, 300
Corps piqué, Montaigne and Ambrose Paré on the suffering caused by
the, 325
Corroboree, paint used at a, 272
Corset, misspelling of the word, 323
-- of Greece, 328
-- -- Rome, 328
Corsets, crusade against, 325
Cosmetics used by Roman ladies, 278
Costermongers, dress of, 319
-- trousers of, show progress of wearer's courtship, 347
Costume, clerical, regulated by Charles I, 185
-- connected with religion, 184
-- ecclesiastical, similar to civil in early times, =188=
-- of barge-women, 110
-- -- the clown, Elizabethan, 269, =270=
-- -- dolls, 267
-- -- milk-women, 110
-- -- nuns and abbesses resembled that of widows, 198
-- -- servants', derived from that of masters, 139
-- indicating the profession of the wearer, 316
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