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Introduction
INTRODUCTION THE subject of Historical Costume covers such a multitude of detail that a volume on each century could be written, with…
Prehistoric Dress. Female
THE woman's attire would have been chiefly a shortish skirt or wrap of coarse linen, wool, or leather, gathered in front or folded at one…
The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century. Female
THE female head-dress consisted chiefly of flowing hair banded with a circlet of various shapes, but a development of braiding plaits is…
Tenth to the Fifteenth Century
2 pages
Fifteenth Century. Female
WE have now arrived at the height of eccentric fashion in mediaeval head-dress. The hornlike creations, studded with jewels, and peaks of…
Sixteenth Century Character of Trimmings
BEFORE the 16th century we find the art of decoration in costume had been confined chiefly to applied ornamental bands at the neck, waist…
Sixteenth Century. Henry VIII. Female
2 pages
Sixteenth Century. Elizabeth. Female
The costly splendour of attire is well known in Elizabeth's reign, which began with the same form of hair and headdress as with Mary, the…
James I
THE braiding and small slashing continued of a similar character to the end of the Elizabethan age. The slashing now began to be treated…
Charles I
Many beautifully embroidered caps, jerkins, jackets, and shirts are seen at this period in gold and black or coloured silks. Slashings of…
The Commonwealth
During this short period the character and placing of braiding was the same as in the latter part of last reign; slashing has almost…
Charles II
This may be named the period of ribbon trimmings, though braiding was treated in broad lines on the short jackets and sleeves, and down the…
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James I
THE braiding and small slashing continued of a similar character to the end of the Elizabethan age. The slashing now began to be…
Nineteenth Century. George III. Female
The hair up to 1808 was gathered into a knot of curls at the back of the head, rather high up, with a small curl at the sides in…
James II and William and Mary
With the later type of long-skirted coat which began in Charles II's reign, a heavy style of braiding and buttoning came into…
The Development of Costume to the Tenth Century. Female
THE female head-dress consisted chiefly of flowing hair banded with a circlet of various shapes, but a development of braiding…
Fifteenth Century. Female
WE have now arrived at the height of eccentric fashion in mediaeval head-dress. The hornlike creations, studded with jewels, and…
Eighteenth Century. George I. Female
The hair was very simply gathered from the forehead and taken up to a knot of curls at the back. Occasionally a group of curls…