Court dress mb-copyright Jim Craigmyle/CORBIS which was the personal carriage

which was the personal carriage of Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch

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it was I think given me by Faraday about 1863'

Inscribed above 'The Coffe Tree'

Court dress mb-copyright Jim Craigmyle/CORBIS which was the personal carriageCourt dress, 14th century, (1843). Courtiers of the time of Richard II (1367 1400). During this period the edges of the sleeves, hoods etc were punched and dagged (cut in shreds) into the form of leaves. The figures are portraits of a Gascon knight and the author paying his respects to the knight who had sent for him to accompany him to England; neither name is known. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the