Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . AN ITALIAN LADY. 6o COSTUME CHAP. VI. puffed sleeves were trimmed with ribbon. It is interesting; to note that the women of Genoa werebound by law to wear a dress ofplain cloth, but that their under-garments were of the richest silks,and shoes and hose were costly de-tails. The sketch on page 59 showsan Italian lady under attractive con-ditions, with a stomacher and collartraced with a raised design of goldoutlined with pearls, and puffedsleeves tied with ribbons taggedwith metal ; and, covering her hair,is a close coif edged with
Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical . AN ITALIAN LADY. 6o COSTUME CHAP. VI. puffed sleeves were trimmed with ribbon. It is interesting; to note that the women of Genoa werebound by law to wear a dress ofplain cloth, but that their under-garments were of the richest silks,and shoes and hose were costly de-tails. The sketch on page 59 showsan Italian lady under attractive con-ditions, with a stomacher and collartraced with a raised design of goldoutlined with pearls, and puffedsleeves tied with ribbons taggedwith metal ; and, covering her hair,is a close coif edged with also are the two heads illus-trated, lace and jewels and ribbonsbeing used for their adornment. The Italian gentleman wears a full-crowned cap of velvet, and a cloth coat showing slashings and collar of velvet, the lawn frill inside the collar being repeated at the wrists of the sleeves, whose detail of slashing may well be left to the im-agination. Spain was faith- tul to the horned TWO ITALIAN COIFFURES.
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