Dress of the reign of King Henry III, 1216~1272.

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Dress of the reign of King Henry III, 1216~1272. She wear a crimson fur-lined mantle over a blue and white damask dress, crown of roses, veil and wimple. Based on an effigy of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, in Westminster Abbey, 13th century romance “With damask white and Azure blue/Well diapered with lilies new.” Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria,” London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mounted plates of women's fashion from 1066 to 1840 based on effigies, manuscripts, portraits, prints and literary descriptions.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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