1-153-349 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

English countrywoman with lady of the Court, 1572. English countrywoman carrying basket of chickens and wearing apron over plain clothes (right). On left is a lady of the Court with fur-trimmed coat over embroidered dress. Sumptuary laws dictated what each caste of society could wear. From Braun Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572