Dress of the reign of King Henry I, 1100~1135.

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Dress of the reign of King Henry I, 1100~1135. She wears a long veil, a sable-lined cloak over a full dress with flared sleeves. "Golden Book of St. Albans," 12th century manuscript, “Ordericus vitalis,” and a suit of fur (black sable with white spots) presented by the Bishop of Lincoln to the king. 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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