A barbarian soldier wearing characteristic trousers (from a diptych of St. Paul, after Marriott)
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A Saxon military man wearing wide trousers (from the Harleian MS., No. 603, after Fairholt)
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A peasant woman of Champéry wearing trousers
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A German Hussar of 1808
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The crest on a modern signet ring
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Sir Geoffrey Loutterell and the ladies of his family, showing the extent to which armorial bearings were worn in the middle of the fourteenth century. From a psalter, made for Sir Geoffrey (after Fairholt)
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The crest and surcoat of Henry, first Duke of Lancaster, A.D. 1347. From the brass to Sir Hugh Hasting at Elsyng, Norfolk (after Charles Boutell)
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The helmet and crest of the Black Prince. From “Vetusta Monumenta” (after St. John Hope)
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The shield of the Black Prince. From “Vetusta Monumenta” (after St. John Hope)
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The surcoat or jupon of the Black Prince. From “Vetusta Monumenta” (after St. John Hope)
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The postilion of a Lord Mayor of London, wearing a crest upon his cap, and a coat of arms upon his sleeve (copied by permission from a plate published by the John Williamson Co., Ltd.)
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A baby’s glove without separate fingers
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The back of a woollen glove showing the three vestiges known as “points”
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A modern kid glove showing the fourchettes or pieces between the fingers, which form three pointed V’s
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Queen Elizabeth’s coronation glove, showing the stitching carried down on to the back. (From a photograph by the courtesy of Messrs. Fownes Brothers and Co.)
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The glove of Anne, Queen Consort of James I, showing the embroidery on the fingers, which is the ancestor of the modern “points.” (From a photograph, by the courtesy of Messrs. Fownes Brothers and Co.)