Costume in England: GlossaryG. Bell and sons, 1896 |
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... Italian , arca - bouza , i.e. a bow with a tube or hole . ' To that people , therefore , are we to ascribe the application of the stock and trigger , in imitation of the cross - bow . Hitherto the match had been applied by the hand to ...
... Italian , arca - bouza , i.e. a bow with a tube or hole . ' To that people , therefore , are we to ascribe the application of the stock and trigger , in imitation of the cross - bow . Hitherto the match had been applied by the hand to ...
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... Italian cutwork standeth him not at the least in three or four pounds : yea , a semster in Holborn told me there are of threescore pound price apiece . " For other extracts cor- roborative of the great cost of these articles of costume ...
... Italian cutwork standeth him not at the least in three or four pounds : yea , a semster in Holborn told me there are of threescore pound price apiece . " For other extracts cor- roborative of the great cost of these articles of costume ...
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... Italian ; one the new cut , another the old ; one the gentleman's cut , another the common cut ; one cut of the court , another of the country ; with infinite the like vanities , which I over- passe . They have also other kinds of cuts ...
... Italian ; one the new cut , another the old ; one the gentleman's cut , another the common cut ; one cut of the court , another of the country ; with infinite the like vanities , which I over- passe . They have also other kinds of cuts ...
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... Italian lash , to make him look like a half - faced baby in brass ? These quaint terms , barber , you greet Master Velvet- breeches withal , and at every word a snap with your scissors and a cringe with your knee ; whereas , when you ...
... Italian lash , to make him look like a half - faced baby in brass ? These quaint terms , barber , you greet Master Velvet- breeches withal , and at every word a snap with your scissors and a cringe with your knee ; whereas , when you ...
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... Italy , the grandson of Charlemagne , are described by an Italian writer , as they were found upon opening his sepulchre . " The shoes , " says he , " which covered his feet are remaining to this day , the soles of wood , and the upper ...
... Italy , the grandson of Charlemagne , are described by an Italian writer , as they were found upon opening his sepulchre . " The shoes , " says he , " which covered his feet are remaining to this day , the soles of wood , and the upper ...
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ancient appears armour band baselard beard boots brass buttons called Canterbury Tales Charles Charles II Chaucer's Church cloak cloth coat colour copied covered Cupid's Revenge curious curls Cynthia's Revels decorated doublet dress Earl early Eastward Hoe Edited Edward Edward III effigy England English engraved fashion fastened fifteenth century fourteenth century French gambeson garment girdle gloves gold gorget gown hair hanging head head-dress helmet Henry VIII History Honest Whore hood Illustrations inventory jewels John kind King knight Knight's Tale lace leather linen Lord mentioned Meyrick middle ages neck noticed occurs original ornamented pair Patient Grissell plate portrait Queen reign of Elizabeth reign of Henry ribbon Richard Richard II romance round ruff Satires Saxon says seen shoes shoulders silk silver sixteenth sleeves sometimes specimen Strutt sword temp term tion Trans Translated velvet wear wore worn by ladies
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