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The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes — Wilfred Mark Webb

The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes

Wilfred Mark Webb

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 261 pages

A popular history of clothing and dress, published in 1907, tracing how garments and their ornaments have evolved across cultures and periods. It treats everyday items like hats and coats as subjects for observation and deduction, linking dress to natural history and human society. Listeners interested in costume, material culture and the everyday past will find it engaging.

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Contents

  1. THE HERITAGE OF DRESS
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF PLATES
  5. LIST OF FIGURES
  6. I THE THRALL OF DRESS
  7. II THE ORIGIN OF DRESS
  8. III DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN COAT
  9. IV BUTTONS AS CHRONICLES
  10. V COLLARS AND BANDS
  11. VI VESTIGES IN THE HAT
  12. VII SHOES AND STOCKINGS
  13. VIII PETTICOATS AND TROUSERS
  14. IX COATS OF ARMS
  15. X GLOVES AND MITTENS
  16. XI TAGS, PINS, AND BALDRICS
  17. XII ORNAMENTS
  18. XIII HAIR DRESSING
  19. XIV SPECIAL DRESSES
  20. XV SERVANTS’ DRESS
  21. XVI COCKADES
  22. XVII CHILDREN’S DRESS
  23. XVIII WEDDING GARMENTS
  24. XIX MOURNING
  25. XX COSTUME CONNECTED WITH THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
  26. XXI SUNDAY CLOTHES
  27. XXII ACADEMICAL DRESS
  28. XXIII LEGAL DRESS
  29. XXIV STATE AND COURT ATTIRE
  30. XXV SURVIVALS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS

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