Costume in England: GlossaryG. Bell and sons, 1896 |
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... letter to Elizabeth from Ireland in 1580. These were probably the arquebuses with the rests . 66 ARMAZINE . A kind of strong corded silk , mentioned as early as the reign of Elizabeth , and in use for ladies ' gowns and gentlemen's ...
... letter to Elizabeth from Ireland in 1580. These were probably the arquebuses with the rests . 66 ARMAZINE . A kind of strong corded silk , mentioned as early as the reign of Elizabeth , and in use for ladies ' gowns and gentlemen's ...
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... letters in support of this , but the details quoted above , from vol . iv . " Antiquarian Repertory , " do not accord with such a meaning . Arming points of silk , leather , and other materials are often mentioned and their use was , as ...
... letters in support of this , but the details quoted above , from vol . iv . " Antiquarian Repertory , " do not accord with such a meaning . Arming points of silk , leather , and other materials are often mentioned and their use was , as ...
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... letter to the Earl of Lauderdale in 1661 ( Camden Soc . Miscell . vol . viii . ) mentions bands which he had purchased for him in Paris , one of which , with the hand - cuffs , cost as much as 285 livres , but this , he adds , is the ...
... letter to the Earl of Lauderdale in 1661 ( Camden Soc . Miscell . vol . viii . ) mentions bands which he had purchased for him in Paris , one of which , with the hand - cuffs , cost as much as 285 livres , but this , he adds , is the ...
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... letter to Sir Robert Sidney , in October , 1599 , mentions a play of " the overthrow of Turn- holt " being acted , in which " he that plaid that part ( Sir Francis Vere's ) gott a beard resembling his and a watchet sattin doublett ...
... letter to Sir Robert Sidney , in October , 1599 , mentions a play of " the overthrow of Turn- holt " being acted , in which " he that plaid that part ( Sir Francis Vere's ) gott a beard resembling his and a watchet sattin doublett ...
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... letters . BIPENNIS , A double - headed axe , of which specimens are engraved in figs . 40 , 49 . BIRCHING LANE . Mentioned temp . Elizabeth , as a locality for ready - made and second - hand clothes . BIRD - BOLT . Steevens , in his ...
... letters . BIPENNIS , A double - headed axe , of which specimens are engraved in figs . 40 , 49 . BIRCHING LANE . Mentioned temp . Elizabeth , as a locality for ready - made and second - hand clothes . BIRD - BOLT . Steevens , in his ...
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