If the front be not sewn up, we get the coat as we know it; if the edges be joined along half their length or more, then we have a sleeved tunic, a shirt, or vest (see Plate III). The smock-frock (see Figure 4) and gown are more voluminous, while the jersey is short again, and has only a small opening at the neck. An interesting garment is found among the costumes of the Bronze Age chieftains of Denmark and their wives, which have been preserved in the oak coffins of these people, owing to the action of tannin from the wood which has preserved the woven material.[5] The article in question belonged to one of the women, and though the front edges are joined for a short distance, it is practically a jacket. The sleeves are made all in one piece, and the garment is very nearly as highly evolved as the Cardigan jacket, which it very much resembles. (See Figure 5.) [Illustration: THE SILK VEST WORN BY CHARLES I ON THE SCAFFOLD. ILLUSTRATING THE SLEEVED TUNIC OPENING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE FRONT. (_From a photograph by Mr. Henry Stevens._) _PLATE III._] [Illustration: FIG. 4.--A smock frock.] [Illustration: FIG. 5.--Jacket of a woman, made in one piece. Bronze stage of culture (after Worsaae).] It is by this time clear, that several important garments are the descendants of the shawl, which is still used by men in the British Isles under the title of the plaid, or maud. [Illustration: FIG. 6.--Man's dress showing buttons on the right side.] Though differing, of course, in detail, the upper garments of men and women agree in general construction. One of the points alluded to is worthy of mention, namely, that the buttons on a man's coat are on the right side and the buttonholes on his left, while in the case of women's attire the exact opposite is found--at least, so far as one can ascertain--in European countries. In the East, the little knobs which are passed through loops and take the place of buttons, may in the women's dress be on the right side, and in other Asiatic costumes the same thing holds good. In connection with this peculiarity, it may be pointed out that men and women have different ways of doing up buttons. The man takes hold of the button with his right hand, puts his left thumb into the buttonhole and pushes the button against it. Then he pulls the stuff over with his right forefinger and pushes the button through with his right thumb while he guides it with his left. [Illustration: FIG. 7.--Woman's dress showing buttons on the left side.] The woman, on the other hand, puts her right thumb through the buttonhole, takes hold of the button with the fingers of the same hand, and finally, if the other hand is at liberty, brings it up to finish the process. (See Figures 6 to 11.)