Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . bonnet under the shade ofpink and white chestnut trees. The Othello of my picture is wearing a dress ofthick woollen fabric in deep cream tone ; his headis bound with a white turban, in which greenlyglistens a huge emerald, emeralds being embroideredon the sleeves interspersed with a design of red silk ;and there are jewels of all colours encrusted in hissword-belt, and his sash is of red cashmere fringedwith red and green. It is invidious to make comparisons—I haveheard this for many years, and known it even longer—yet I would boldly declare tha
Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . bonnet under the shade ofpink and white chestnut trees. The Othello of my picture is wearing a dress ofthick woollen fabric in deep cream tone ; his headis bound with a white turban, in which greenlyglistens a huge emerald, emeralds being embroideredon the sleeves interspersed with a design of red silk ;and there are jewels of all colours encrusted in hissword-belt, and his sash is of red cashmere fringedwith red and green. It is invidious to make comparisons—I haveheard this for many years, and known it even longer—yet I would boldly declare that there are but fewladies upon the stage who understand the importantfact that, by the dressing of the hair and thedecoration of the head, they may make or mar themost gorgeous or most simple garment. MissEllen Terry and Mrs. Tree share a talent forhistorical head-dressing, whilst of the youngergeneration Miss Dorothea Baird and Miss LilyBrayton most justly deserve the palm of excellencefor the way they express their sense of period in the.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectcostume, bookyear1906
