. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . to this says that wings were lateral pro-jections, extending from each shoulder — a goodround sentence that by itself really means Jonson calls them puff-wings. There is one positive rule in the shape of doub-lets ; they were always welted at the arm-hole. Pos-sibly the sleeves were sometimes sewn in, but eventhen there was always a cap, a welt or a hanging sleeveor some edging. In the illustrations of the Rox-burghe Ballads there is not a doublet or jerkin onman, woman, or child but is thus welted. Sometrimming around the arm-
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . to this says that wings were lateral pro-jections, extending from each shoulder — a goodround sentence that by itself really means Jonson calls them puff-wings. There is one positive rule in the shape of doub-lets ; they were always welted at the arm-hole. Pos-sibly the sleeves were sometimes sewn in, but eventhen there was always a cap, a welt or a hanging sleeveor some edging. In the illustrations of the Rox-burghe Ballads there is not a doublet or jerkin onman, woman, or child but is thus welted. Sometrimming around the arm-hole was a law. Thislasted until the coat was wholly evolved. This hadsleeves, and the shoulder-welt vanished. These welts were often turreted or cut in will note this turreted shoulder in some formon nearly all the doublets given in the portraits dis-played in this book — both on men and doublets were also worn by women. Stubbessays, Though this be a kind of attire proper onlyto a man, yet they blush not to wear it. The old. THE HIGH LsMES DvKE OF \oRKE borne Ocftober =tlie The Evolution of Coats and Waistcoats 169 print of the infamous Mrs. Turner given facing page130 shows her in a author complains : — If Men get up French standing collars Women willhave the French standing collar too : if Dublets with littlethick skirts, so short none are able to sit upon them, womensforeparts are thick skirted too. Children also had doublets and this same shoulder-cap at the arm-hole; their little doublets were madeprecisely like those of their parents. Look at thechildish portrait of Lady Arabella Stuart, the por-trait with the doll. Her fat little figure is squeezedin a doublet which has turreted welts like those wornby Anne Boleyn and by Pocahontas (facing page122). Often a button was set between each squareof the welt, and the sleeve loops or points could betied to these buttons and thus hold up the detachedundersleeve
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