Ruffs, Ribbons, Collars, and Cravats

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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jekarwoski
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Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:09 pm

For LL members interested in the history and development of clothing, I happened across the following online exhibition while researching another topic at Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum:

http://www.rosenbach.org/exhibitions/online.html

A series of portrait miniatures from Europe and England from the mid 16th century to the early 19th century shows the development of cloth about the neck.
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