Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Mrs. (Eliza Davis), 1866-1931 · London, New York, Macmillan and co.; · leaf 32
urple being the favourite colour for this. It could not have been possible to obtain a great variety in a costume, and, save in the decoration of the tunic, which was ornamented with spots or scrolls, and in the arrangement of the girdle, of two varying widths, the one placed above the other so… … ence, hut the stola was worn over the tunic, and it came as low as the ankles, and was fastened round the body by a girdle, broad folds being above the breast :
Costume -- History
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