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
Paré, Ambrose, on the suffering caused by the corps piqué, 325
Paris, waistbands, trade in, discarded, 348
Parliamentary officials, wigs of, 132
Parti-coloured dress of Athletic clubs, 313
-- -- -- jockeys, 313
Patches indicating political views, 279
-- of Charles I's reign banned by the Puritans, 278
-- reappear in Charles II's reign, 279
Pattern, pine, origin of, 311
Patterns, breeches of chequered, worn by Gauls and early
inhabitants of England, 311
Peasant dress, slight survivals in England, 150; Plate VII,
facing page 150
Pelisse obtained from Persia, 344
Pendants, 122
Pensioners, costumes of, 170
People, uncivilized, without pockets, 9
Persian women wear trousers, 81
Pet animals, collars worn by, 298
Perthshire, the bare feet of children in, 333
Petrie, Professor, on Romano-Egyptian portrait models, 132
-- -- -- buttons in Egypt, 120
-- -- -- the origin of a supposed shield-shaped ornament, 296
Petticoat at first not shaped, 73
-- hooped, 337
Petticoats, lengthening of, 166
-- of sailors, 252
-- -- small boys, 165
Pfiferari, cross gartering of, 68
-- leg bandages of, 68
Phallic worship, 122
Pig-tail, grease of, 252
_Pileus quadratus_, 212
Pillion, 140
Pin, safety, 101, 118
-- -- in hat, 104, =104=
-- -- -- waistband, =103=, 104
-- -- like an Etruscan brooch, 102, =103=
-- scarf, 118
Pinafore, 150
Pinafores now children's dress, 167
Pin-money, 105
Pinner, 150
Pins, bronze, 105
-- Egyptian, 105
-- found in Swiss Lake dwellings, 105
-- gold, 197
-- made of thorns, 125
-- of bone, 105
-- ornamental, 106
-- scarf, 106
_Pithecanthropus erectus_, 7
Plaid, 20, 187
-- belted, 72
-- shepherd's, 312
Plaids, 311
Plastron of Hussars, 148
Plowright, Dr., on the Moorish origin of some horse brasses, 293
Plugs for lips, 111
Plumes, black, of farriers of Life Guards, 242
-- why on left side, 58
Plush, 149
-- breeches, 104, =141=
Pocket flaps, vestiges of, 32, =33=
Pockets, 109
-- in the sleeves of a Corean, 110
-- side, 30
-- uncivilized people without, 9
Points, 98
-- on gloves, =96=, 98
Policeman's coat, buttons on the back of, 26, =26=
-- uniform not worn by children, 163
Polly, Miss, in the Punch and Judy show, now extinct, 265
Polypus (= the octopus) changing colour, 206
Porters, livery of, 148
-- railway, waistcoats of, 148
Portugal, Queen of, demonstrates the evils of tight-lacing by
means of radiographs, 325
Postilions, buttons on jackets of, 38
-- coats of His Majesty's, 145
-- of Lord Mayor, crest worn upon cap of, 92, =92=
Postulant, veil of, 202
Poupée derived from pupa, 163
Pouter coat, 141, =141=
Powder, 149
-- for hair, 131
Prayer-book, first, of Edward V, ornaments, rubric of, upheld by
Act of Uniformity, 199
-- -- second, of Edward VI, 199
-- -- vestments prescribed by the, first, of Edward VI, 198
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