Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical
CHAPTER XX
OF THEATRICAL DRESS 236
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Coquelin, as Cyrano de Bergerac. (From a Water-Colour Drawing by Percy Anderson) _Frontispiece_
In Ancient Greece _To face_ 5
In the Twelfth Century " 12
In the Thirteenth Century " 22
The Queen of Richard II. " 28
A German Student in the Fourteenth Century " 32
Varieties of the Hennin " 40
In the Eighteenth Century " 78
Albanian Peasants " 120
In Corfu To-day " 126
In China of Old " 147
The Seville Orange " 180
An Egyptian Dancer " 226
Isolde " 240
Lewis Waller as Henry V. " 250
Othello " 254
IN THE TEXT
Two Hand-Mirrors 4
A Roman Head--A Greek Head 6
A Roman Lady 7
A Dress laced in the Front--A Dress laced at the Back 11
A Coronet--A Brooch 13
A Plain Wimple 14
A Shoe 15
Dagged Costume in the Twelfth Century 16
A Clasped and Jewelled Girdle--A Cloak-Fastener 18
Henry III.'s Queen 20
A Simple Buttoned Gown 21
A Quaint Wimple 34
The Head-dress of Henry IV.--A Head Drapery held with Plaited Hair 35
Embroidered Gloves 36
An Elaborate Head-dress in the Reign of Henry V. 38
Elizabeth of Woodville 39
The Horned Head-dress 41
Head-dress of Jewelled Velvet and Lawn 42
The Houppelande 43
A Girdle--A Pointed Shoe 44
Elizabeth of York 45
In the Time of Henry VII. 52
A Trio of Ruffs 55
Queen Elizabeth in Full Dress 56
A Chemisette 58
An Italian Lady 59
Two Italian Coiffures--An Italian Gentleman 60
A Spaniard in the Sixteenth Century 61
A Shoulder-Jacket 62
The Cape with Buttoned Sleeve 63
Maximilian 64
A Feather and a Chicken-skin Fan 67
A Full Apron 68
The Lace Commode 70
Clogs and Chopines 71
A Mob-Cap 73
Glove with Jewelled Gauntlet 75
A Riding Costume 76
Madame de Pompadour 79
Marie Antoinette 82
A Peignoir 83
A Coiffure 84
A Variety of Head-dresses adopted in the Eighteenth Century 85
A Cap and Hood 87
Some Sticks 89
Some Quaint Examples of Nineteenth-Century Headgear 93
Lady Blessington 99
Lady Blessington--Lady Dalmeny 101
Two Coiffures--Early Victorian Styles 102
In the Nineteenth Century 103
The Austrian Peasant-Bride in Black 123
A Croatian Peasant 124
A Croatian Peasant 125
A Greek Peasant in Mediæval Days 127
A Greek Peasant--A Greek Peasant Woman--A Greek Priest--A Greek Brigand 128
A Westphalian Peasant 142
A Hungarian Peasant in the Seventeenth Century 144
A Chinese Actor 152
A Chinese Peasant 153
An Egyptian Peasant Woman 159
An Egyptian Water-Carrier 160
An Egyptian Peasant 161
An Old Indian Festival Dress 165
A Botticelli Dancing-Dress 181
An Eighteenth-Century Pierrot 183
A South Sea Islander 186
The Knave of Diamonds 187
Miss Ellen Terry as Mistress Page 239
George Alexander as Guy Domville 245
Julian L'Estrange as Hermes 247
Beerbohm Tree as Malvolio 249
Miss Constance Collier as Viola 251
Miss Gertrude Elliot as Desdemona 253
Véronique 255