1-217-398 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Bag sleeves, 15th century, (1910). Male dress of the time of Henry VI, (1422-1471). Sleeves have been modified by the addition of two other exits for the arms, these were possibly stiffened to make them assume the shape, (left). Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).