The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeH. Colburn, 1846 - 482 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 27
... vest , and robe with rich embroidery gay . " And Virgil also says : - " A noble present to my son she brought , A robe , with flowers on golden tissue wrought . " The " Æneid , " too , stiff with golden wire . " speaks of " robes of ...
... vest , and robe with rich embroidery gay . " And Virgil also says : - " A noble present to my son she brought , A robe , with flowers on golden tissue wrought . " The " Æneid , " too , stiff with golden wire . " speaks of " robes of ...
Σελίδα 28
... vests , tunics , and girdles , but also pictures and carpets . Thus we read : - " Fair thrones within from space to space were raised , Where various carpets with embroidery blazed , The work of matrons . " And again : " The queen her ...
... vests , tunics , and girdles , but also pictures and carpets . Thus we read : - " Fair thrones within from space to space were raised , Where various carpets with embroidery blazed , The work of matrons . " And again : " The queen her ...
Σελίδα 30
... vest . " HEAD - DRESSES . Perhaps the most ancient head - dress that we find mentioned in history is the tiara . that it was in the form of a tower . Strabo informs us But it appears , by the remarks of many other authors , to have had ...
... vest . " HEAD - DRESSES . Perhaps the most ancient head - dress that we find mentioned in history is the tiara . that it was in the form of a tower . Strabo informs us But it appears , by the remarks of many other authors , to have had ...
Σελίδα 51
... vest- ments , having a golden crown on the head , and gloves on the hands ; boots , wrought with gold , on the feet , and spurs . In an inventory of the dress of King John , hose are mentioned , and sandals of purple cloth , fretted ...
... vest- ments , having a golden crown on the head , and gloves on the hands ; boots , wrought with gold , on the feet , and spurs . In an inventory of the dress of King John , hose are mentioned , and sandals of purple cloth , fretted ...
Σελίδα 55
... vest from all honesty of old arraye or good usage ; and another time to short clothes , and so strait - waisted , with full sleeves , and tapetes of surcoats , and hodes , over - long and large , all so nagged and knib on every side ...
... vest from all honesty of old arraye or good usage ; and another time to short clothes , and so strait - waisted , with full sleeves , and tapetes of surcoats , and hodes , over - long and large , all so nagged and knib on every side ...
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adorned ancient appear apron attire band beard beautiful black lace blue boddice bonnet border breeches broad buckles buttons capuchon caul chemise chemisette cloak cloth of gold coat coiffure collar colour costume covered crimson curious curls diamonds doublet dress embroidered embroidery England ermine face fashion fastened feather feet forehead France French French hood frequently front garters gentlemen girdle gowns habit hair handkerchief hanging hats head head-dress hood hoop hose immense invented jacket jewelled band jewels king knees lace ladies Lady Morgan linen Louis XIV lower Madame mantle miniver mode muslin neck ornamented pearls peasants petticoat petticoat breeches plaid plaited precious stones Queen reign resembled riband rich robe round ruffs satin says scarlet seen shape shew shoes short shoulders silk sleeves sometimes splendid stockings surcoat throat tight toilette trimmed tunic usually veil velvet vest waist waistcoat wear wigs women wore worn writer
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Σελίδα 16 - 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?
Σελίδα 431 - 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.
Σελίδα 431 - 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...
Σελίδα 146 - 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...
Σελίδα 477 - 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.
Σελίδα 371 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 129 - 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.
Σελίδα 100 - Otto, some made round like a rubbing brush, others with a pique de vant (O fine fashion !), or now and then suffered to grow long, the barbers being grown to be so cunning in this behalf as the tailors.
Σελίδα 449 - The blankets are put on like Highland plaids, come down to near the knee, and are fastened with a belt. They also wear cotton trowsers, which, as well as their shirts, are worked all over with flowers in red and black worsted. The trowsers 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. The...