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Pearl Binder. CHAPTER EIGHT SUMPTUARY LAWS : EXTREMES AND ENCROACHMENTS Length of shoes permitted to extend beyond toes : For a nobleman For a gentleman For a commoner 24 inches or more 12 inches 6 inches EVERY Sumptuary Law ( Early ...
Pearl Binder. CHAPTER EIGHT SUMPTUARY LAWS : EXTREMES AND ENCROACHMENTS Length of shoes permitted to extend beyond toes : For a nobleman For a gentleman For a commoner 24 inches or more 12 inches 6 inches EVERY Sumptuary Law ( Early ...
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... sumptuary laws regula- ting mourning dress in the same way . At the end of the fifteenth century a sumptuary law was passed which restricted the amount of material used for mourning wear to sixteen yards for a duke , fourteen yards for ...
... sumptuary laws regula- ting mourning dress in the same way . At the end of the fifteenth century a sumptuary law was passed which restricted the amount of material used for mourning wear to sixteen yards for a duke , fourteen yards for ...
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... sumptuary laws of , 18 Veils , 19 , 221 ; for widows , 162 Vein - painting , 86 Ventres - postiches , 121 Vertugadin , 116 , 118 Victoria , Queen : gloves , 25 ; furnish- ings in Balmoral , 172 ; male fan at Court of , 195 ; and ...
... sumptuary laws of , 18 Veils , 19 , 221 ; for widows , 162 Vein - painting , 86 Ventres - postiches , 121 Vertugadin , 116 , 118 Victoria , Queen : gloves , 25 ; furnish- ings in Balmoral , 172 ; male fan at Court of , 195 ; and ...
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Chapter Page I DECENCY AND INDECENCY IN DRESS | 13 |
MALE COQUETRY | 32 |
THE DRESS AND THE JOB | 58 |
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