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
Miniver, 222
-- rows of black spots on, indicate rank, 223
Mitten, open work, 99
Mittens and tattooing, 99
Mitre, 221
-- strings of, 54, =54=
Mizpah rings, 116
Mob cap worn by Judy, 262, =263=
Modesty a habit, 12
-- different ideas of, in various regions, 12
-- ideas of, Arab women, 207
Molière introduces Punch into _Le Malade Imaginaire_, 261
Monk, General, 246
Monkeys, clothes of, 301
Monk, dress of, 201
-- scapular of, 201
-- tunic of, 201
Montbron, Lord of, harlequin's coat worn by, 283
Montaigne on the sufferings caused by the corps piqué, 325
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, and painting, 279
Montem at Eton, 171
Moore, Sir John, black worm as mourning for, 242
Mortar-board, 47, 169, 212, =214=
Moseley, Professor, on face-painting in China, 273, 274, 275;
see Plate X, fig. C facing p. 270
-- -- -- painting the body, 272
-- -- -- the use of paint by women in Japan, 275
Mosque-like turban, 50, =50=
Mourning bands of barristers, 219
-- black as, 181
-- black band on arm for, 182
-- -- worm for Sir John Moore as, 242
-- clothes of bark worn by Kayans of Borneo as, 181
-- cuffs worn by the legal profession as part of, 183
-- dishevelling of hair as, 181
-- for death of Nelson, 252
-- -- General Wolfe, black worm as, 242
-- of Royal Marines, 243
-- purple as, 182
-- sackcloth as, 181
-- strip of linen round head in Egypt as, 182
-- white as, 182
-- white lawn cuffs used by King's Counsel as, 220
-- yellow as, 182
Moustache, 129
Mules, cowry shells on trappings of, 297, =299=
Mutes at children's funerals, 182
Nail, horseshoe, as part of a pin-ring brooch, 125
Nakedness, effect of, destroyed by tattooing even in Europeans, 277
Napkin, 194, 195
Naval uniforms, 251
Navvies wear belts, 329
Neapolitan, the, as an actor, 254
Neck chains, 113
-- -- of Richard II's time, 113
Nelson, mourning for death of, 252
Neuville, M. Lemercier de, on Punch's stick, 260
Newcombe, Allan Poe, on hats and habitations, 49
Nicks in coat lapels, 41, =41=, =42=
Nightcap of man, 290, =290=
-- -- woman, 289, =290=
Nightcaps, elaboration of, restricted in the reign of Mary, 290
-- of Tudors, 289
-- still worn, 289
Night-dresses worn by ladies in the street in Anne's reign, 290
Nightgown, the bands on a lady's, 288, =289=
Night rails, 290
Nightshirt cut like a day shirt, 288
Noah's Ark figures, long garments of, 268
Norman chin-band, 201, =203=
Normans closely shaved their beards, 129
-- combination garments of, 320
-- wore trousers, 79
Northumberland Fusiliers, hackle feathers of, 244
-- -- wear roses, 245
Norwegian, dress of the, 319
Nose rings of Hindu ayahs, 111
Novice, veil of, 202
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