Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 2G. Bell and Sons, 1885 |
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... specimen of the drawing of that age , as it is both natural and correct . The apron was then termed barme - cloth , and is so named by Chaucer in " The Miller's Tale , " when de- scribing the dress of the carpenter's wife . He says she ...
... specimen of the drawing of that age , as it is both natural and correct . The apron was then termed barme - cloth , and is so named by Chaucer in " The Miller's Tale , " when de- scribing the dress of the carpenter's wife . He says she ...
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... specimens of which we have given in the cut above . No. 1 is formed of bronze , and is kept on the arm by compression only , like that mentioned by Plautus ( " Men . " iii . 3 ) ; in this instance the bracelet is expanded when put on ...
... specimens of which we have given in the cut above . No. 1 is formed of bronze , and is kept on the arm by compression only , like that mentioned by Plautus ( " Men . " iii . 3 ) ; in this instance the bracelet is expanded when put on ...
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... specimen of the ancient English arrow , found in excavating around the base of Clifford's Tower , York , and was probably shot into that position in some defence of the building during the wars of the rival Roses , as in Henry VIII.'s ...
... specimen of the ancient English arrow , found in excavating around the base of Clifford's Tower , York , and was probably shot into that position in some defence of the building during the wars of the rival Roses , as in Henry VIII.'s ...
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... specimens of the enamelled badges of the middle ages are engraved above from the collection of C. R. Smith , Esq . The first is one - third of the size of the original , which is of bronze , displaying a lion rampant on a red ground ...
... specimens of the enamelled badges of the middle ages are engraved above from the collection of C. R. Smith , Esq . The first is one - third of the size of the original , which is of bronze , displaying a lion rampant on a red ground ...
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... specimen , copied from an engraving executed about 1600 by H. Bonnart . 66 99 BEAUTY . From notices in wills of 1518 and 1540 , this appears to have been a colour . John West in his will , 1515 , bequeaths a gowne of beauty furred with ...
... specimen , copied from an engraving executed about 1600 by H. Bonnart . 66 99 BEAUTY . From notices in wills of 1518 and 1540 , this appears to have been a colour . John West in his will , 1515 , bequeaths a gowne of beauty furred with ...
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