286.—Costume of a Saxon Woman.details

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286.—Costume of a Saxon Woman.

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[...] the ladies wore a long and ample garment with loose sleeves (the gunna, whence our gown), over a closer-fitting one, which had tight sleeves reaching to the wrist; over these a mantle was worn by the superior classes, and a sort of hood or veil upon the head (Figs. 286, 287). Those who desire further information upon the subject of the Anglo-Saxon costume may consult Mr. Planché’s valuable little work upon ‘British Costume,’ or the ‘Pictorial History of England,’ Book II., Chap. VI.


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