2-690-950 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Gallery of British Costume: The Dress People Wore in Norman Times', c1934. Illustration of costume worn during the Norman period (1066-1154). Instructions are given in the accompanying text on how to trace the figures onto thin paper, paste them onto cardboard, and cut them out. Information on what colours to use is also given, 'so as to form a kind of miniature Madame Tussaud's'. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume One, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]