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The principles of Greek art (1914)

Gardner, Percy, 1846-1937 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 175

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DRESS AND DRAPERY 153 X combination of the Ionian and the Dorian dress on monu- ments. There are two garments which belong especially to the Dorian dress, whether of men or women : these are, the sleeve- less chiton and the cloak, whether the ample himation or the smaller chlamys. Dorian girls are… … Fig. 36. — I., II., III. heavy clasps or fibulae. A closer examination shows that this garment is often not in any way sewn or made up, but consists only of an oblong piece of cloth folded in a particular way. The above three diagrams will show how it was put on. An oblong piece of material was…

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