English Costume

The Project Gutenberg eBook, English Costume, byDion Clayton CalthropThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: English CostumeAuthor: Dion Clayton CalthropRelease Date: June 29, 2010 [eBook #33020]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLISH COSTUME*** E-text prepared by Jason Isbell, Sam W.,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) ENGLISH COSTUMEE N G L I S H C O S T U M EP A I N T E D & D E S C R I B E DB Y D I O N C L A Y T O NC A L T H R O P · P U B L I S H E DB Y A D A M & C H A R L E SBLACK · LONDON · MCMVIIScissorsPublished in four volumes during 1906.Published in one volume, April, 1907.AGENTSAMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORKCANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. 70 BOND STREET, TORONTOINDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTAA MAN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE IV. (1820-1830)Here you see the coat which we now wear, slightly altered, inour evening dress. It came into fashion, with this form of top-boots, in 1799, and was called a Jean-de-Bry. Notice thecommencement of the whisker fashion.INTRODUCTIONThe world, if we choose to see it so, is a ...