10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERGOWN»
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undergown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
undergown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England
Possibly the undergown was girdled with the tablet- woven braid, and a buckled
leather belt held a pouch or objects now lost. Z-spun threads on a knife and a nail
, found behind the legs of the skeleton, may have come from a bag or from the ...
Gale R. Owen-Crocker, 2010
2
Fashion and Orientalism: Dress, Textiles and Culture from ...
... meshed into an ornate allsorts, and where anyone in the know was conversant
with looks a I'italienne, a I'anglaise, a la polonaise, together with those a la
circassienne (an undergown with tight sleeves covered with another gown tucked
up, ...
3
Beauty and the Werewolf
It actually did take Sapphire to get her into it, for it had several petticoats, a
whisper-soft undergown embroidered with little lavender sprigs and the lavender
overgown that was gathered in complicated fashion to show the undergown. This
was ...
4
Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to ...
My undergown was a two-layered small-sleeved brocade patterned with plum
blossoms and vines, and embroidered with bamboo fences and plum trees. My
father, a senior counselor, served today's medicinal sake.4TM After the formal ...
... ever—and when I have bathed and she has dried my hair and plaited it, I
cannot help but be encouraged by the linen undergown with the new ribbons,
and by the new shoes and by the beautiful cloth—of—gold gown, and the head—
dress.
6
Looking In: The Art of Viewing
In that work the frontal presentation is even stronger, the white undergown larger.
The necklace, which in the Washington piece enhances the frontal pose by its
symmetry, is here replaced by a diagonal sash. Lucretia's face is turned in the ...
Mieke Bal, Norman Bryson, 2013
7
The Will of the Empress
Briar wore his favorite deep green tunic and breeches with a perfect white shirt,
Tris a vivid blue undergown and sheer black over- gown in the Namornese style.
Daja was glorious in a bronze silk tunic that hung to her knees and leggings of ...
Tossing itacross the room, shefaced him in her thin linen undergown. “Then beat
me now!” she shouted at him. “Or do I have too much on to mark me yet? Have I
not madeit easy enoughfor youtodoit?” “In the nameof God,Bella, havedone! I..
Pink ribbons secured the thin undergown from the bottom of her waist to the top
of her chin. Her fingers felt as though they were being pricked by a thousand
sharp pins now, making the task terribly awkward, and try as she did, she couldn't
get ...
10
Dosso's Fate: Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Italy
The bodice of the undergown can be seen at the shoulders above the neckline of
the gold gown. The neckline of the smock with its slightly frilled edge rising above
a band of embroidery is also visible, and its sleeves are seen hanging out in ...
Luisa Ciammitti, Steven F. Ostrow, Salvatore Settis, 1998
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERGOWN»
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undergown is used in the context of the following news items.
Treasures: When chair designs were put through hoops
The farthingale had several linen petticoats and a stiffly embroidered undergown, and the chair became a perch, unencumbered by arms. The farthingale was ... «Irish Independent, Nov 14»
Hot looks for 1775
Women of that century didn't wear underwear, but only a shift, which was a long undergown that was also their nightwear. However, well-dressed women did ... «Corsicana Daily Sun, Jan 11»
