Women's dress Size:S: 36 x 28cm British Open 1976

British Open 1976

During the course of a debate on the protection of lives and property in Ireland

In the foreground figures stand on boats watching ceremonial barges pass by on the River Thames

c1630 (1818)

Women's dress Size:S: 36 x 28cm British Open 1976Women's dress, 14th century, (1910). Costume from the early reign of Edward III (ruled 1327 1377). The cincture around the hips of the middle figure is the forerunner of the jewelled belt of the latter part of the reign. The figures on the left and right wear the super cote hardi, which was so long that it needed to be held up under the arm. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).