A Woman of the Time of Stephen (1135 - 1154) Her dress fits to her figure by lacing at the back. Her long sleeves are tied up to keep them from trailing upon the ground. Her hair is fastened at the end into silken cases. She has a whimple in her hands which she may wind about her head from the book ' English costume ' by Dion Clayton Calthrop, 1878-1937 Publication date 1907 Publisher London, A. & C. Black

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Location: England
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