The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes — John Shaqi
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
91. The back of a woollen glove showing the three vestiges
known as "points" 96
92. A modern kid glove showing the fourchettes or pieces
between the fingers, which form three pointed V's 97
93. Queen Elizabeth's coronation glove, showing the stitching
carried down on to the back. (From a photograph by the
courtesy of Messrs. Fownes Brothers and Co.) 97
94. The glove of Anne, Queen Consort of James I, showing the
embroidery on the fingers, which is the ancestor of the
modern "points." (From a photograph, by the courtesy of
Messrs. Fownes Brothers and Co.) 99
95. A silk lace with simple metal tags 101
96. Ornamental metal tags on a velvet neck ribbon 101
97. A simple safety-pin 102
98. An Etruscan brooch or fibula, resembling a safety-pin. (In
the collection of Major W. J. Myers in Eton College
Museum) 103
99. The safety-pin in the waistband 103
100. The safety-pin grown larger and used for fastening on a
hat 104
101. A muff-chain 105
102. A hawker, illustrating the primitive way of carrying a
burden 107
103. A courier-bag supported by a baldric 107
104. An ornamental baldric of the early fifteenth century.
(Royal MS. 15, D. 5, after Fairholt) 108
105. A lady's dress, showing the part which is called a yoke,
and recalls a primitive method of carrying burdens 109
106. A loom comb found in the Glastonbury lake dwellings (after
Boyd Dawkins) 118
107. A modern comb for the hair 118
108. Two studs of bronze, seen from above and from the side,
later Bronze Age (after Worsaae) 119
109. The "flash" of five black ribbons on the collar of the
Welsh Fusiliers. A survival from the days of the pigtail 134
110. The modern groom, showing the belt to which ladies clung
when riding on a pillion 140
111. A footman in plush breeches and with powdered hair. His
"pouter" coat dates from the reign of George III. By the
courtesy of Messrs. F. T. Prewett and Co. 141
112. A sheriff's coachman with the full-skirted coat of the
time of George II. By the courtesy of Messrs. Prewett and
Co. 142
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