The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeH. Colburn, 1846 - 482 páginas |
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... mantles he observed in use , were made by fastening the ends of hair into some sort of coarse cloth ; but it is impossible at the ... mantle , while her long hair floated over her neck and shoulders . " This war- like queen , therefore ...
... mantles he observed in use , were made by fastening the ends of hair into some sort of coarse cloth ; but it is impossible at the ... mantle , while her long hair floated over her neck and shoulders . " This war- like queen , therefore ...
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... mantle , or cloak , and sandals encircled the feet of the wearer . The Roman ladies were very fond of ornaments , and wore rings , bracelets , armlets , and torques , or necklaces . With the Saxon invasion came war and desolation , and ...
... mantle , or cloak , and sandals encircled the feet of the wearer . The Roman ladies were very fond of ornaments , and wore rings , bracelets , armlets , and torques , or necklaces . With the Saxon invasion came war and desolation , and ...
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... mantle . The sleeves were confined at the wrists by bracelets or borders of embroidery , and the cloak often formed a graceful festoon in front . A veil of linen or silk always encircled the head . Matthew Paris thus describes 42 THE ...
... mantle . The sleeves were confined at the wrists by bracelets or borders of embroidery , and the cloak often formed a graceful festoon in front . A veil of linen or silk always encircled the head . Matthew Paris thus describes 42 THE ...
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... mantle pre- sented to Henry by the Bishop of Lincoln , which cost 100 % . , and describes it as being made of the finest cloth , lined with black sables . The same writer greatly censures the long hair , loose flowing robes ...
... mantle pre- sented to Henry by the Bishop of Lincoln , which cost 100 % . , and describes it as being made of the finest cloth , lined with black sables . The same writer greatly censures the long hair , loose flowing robes ...
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... mantles woven with gold . The ladies ' costume , during the reigns of Henry and Edward , was very splendid . The veils and wim- ples were richly embroidered , and worked in gold ; the surcoat and mantle were worn of the richest ma ...
... mantles woven with gold . The ladies ' costume , during the reigns of Henry and Edward , was very splendid . The veils and wim- ples were richly embroidered , and worked in gold ; the surcoat and mantle were worn of the richest ma ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adorned Æneid ancient appear attire band beard beautiful blue bonnet border bracelets breeches broad buttons cambric caps capuchon caul chausses chin cloak cloth of gold coat coiffure collar colour costume covered cuffs curious curls doublet dress ear-rings embroidered embroidery England ermine fashion fastened feathers female forehead France French French hoods frequently front garments garters gentlemen girdle gowns habited hair hanging hats head head-dress Henry hoods hoop hose immense invented jacket jewelled band jewels king knees lace ladies lappets linen Louis XIV lower Madame mantle mentioned miniver mode muslin neck ornamented pearls peruke petticoat petticoat breeches plaid plaited precious stones Queen reign resembled riband rich robe round ruffles ruffs satin says scarlet seen shape shew shoes short shoulders silk silver slashed sometimes stockings surcoat trimmed tunic usually veil velvet vest waist waistcoat wear wearer wigs women wore worn wrist writer
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Página 20 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Página 435 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Página 435 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Página 150 - They let the hair of their heads grow to a great length ; but as the men make a great show with heads of hair that are none of their own, the women, who they say have very fine heads of hair, tie it up in a knot, and cover it from being seen. The women look like angels, and would be more beautiful than the sun, were it not for little black spots that are apt to break out in their faces, and sometimes rise in very odd figures. I have observed that those little blemishes wear off very soon ; but when...
Página 481 - The Arabian courtesans, like the Indian women, have little golden bells fastened round their legs, neck, and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before the King. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers, to which little bells are suspended, as well as in the flowing tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves receive in passing the homage due to them.
Página 375 - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...
Página 133 - Up, and put on my coloured silk suit, very fine, and my new periwig, bought a good while since, but durst not wear, because the plague was in Westminster when I bought it; and it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plague is done, as to periwigs, for nobody will dare to buy any hair, for fear of the infection, that it had been cut off the heads of people dead of the plague My Lord Brouncker, Sir J.
Página 453 - ... are slit at the bottom, so as to make a sort of fringe. They also wear worsted stockings, or perhaps worsted fillets, rolled round their legs, and the warriors wear half-boots of white goat-skin.
Página 143 - One may observe that women in all ages have taken more pains than men to adorn the outside of their heads...
Página 147 - SPECTATOR, they will be kept within no compass. You praised them a little too soon, for the modesty of their head-dresses : for as the humour of a sick person is often driven out of one limb into another, their superfluity of ornaments, instead of being entirely banished, seems only fallen from their heads upon their lower parts. What they have lost in height they make up in breadth, and contrary to all rules of architecture, widen the foundations at the same time that they shorten the superstructure.