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Excerpt from The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons
The question whether Cravats were worn by the ancients is satisfactorily decided.
It is fully proved that the Romans used a chin cloth, corresponding almost entirely with the modern Cravat; and that the col lar of the ancient Persians, Egyptians and Greeks, was the origin of the stock of the present day.
In the chapter on black and coloured silk Cravats, it is shewn that the former never obtained greater celebrity than in the last ten years of the eighteenth century, and the first ten of the nineteenth; that is to say.
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The question whether Cravats were worn by the ancients is satisfactorily decided.
It is fully proved that the Romans used a chin cloth, corresponding almost entirely with the modern Cravat; and that the col lar of the ancient Persians, Egyptians and Greeks, was the origin of the stock of the present day.
In the chapter on black and coloured silk Cravats, it is shewn that the former never obtained greater celebrity than in the last ten years of the eighteenth century, and the first ten of the nineteenth; that is to say.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Le Blanc
Hardback
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ISBN - 9781528149334
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 74
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ISBN - 9781332049318
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 76
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