MARGARET QUEEN « JA M E S III. OF SCOTLAND.
, [HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT.]
IN C E the thirteenth century, an
ahtmdance'/pf ingenuity had been exhausted
'.in contriving a variety of
fashions injladies^W^d-dje^g, which
B'e^e," at times' carried to a wonderful
extravagance; ^ , The variations appear
ito have/ a^teTM|d between raising the
whiSfd high’an. the air, or&tretching, it
out fir?t fashion, when
I confintd within. measure, had the ap-
hpearahce of hah: but it was
[Jpften raised sds -high,.. as rip/ take the
1 form of .a ste^c plo'.'or. spire, and then a
| long crape was thrown oy^rit- which
hung^loymlto the ground, JfVe have
a Specimen of'J^ p ^|^jime in the figure of Marie of, JBfi^gndy, ;^ ^ ^ |,in the
pijjpfriwork. ^ ^ ^ n d e r them from dragging on.t|ie‘.gtound, ti l l ladies in
walking carried |thp* end' of/the crapes over their a^s/fj/fpjhetihaes they wore
tW^^iffithese towers, each being from half rio 'three- quarters gfea yard, long,
which,.- with -thb /crapes or kerchiefs, had the appearan^i^'tw^1 brings, and