Costume of the ancients
Costume of the Ancients is a 1812 London book of costume plates published by William Miller and compiled by Thomas Hope, aimed at artists and collectors of antiquity. Its pictures are outline line drawings of classical figures and reclining effigies in draped robes, armour and belts, showing how garments fall and fold on the body. A designer could take from them the linear treatment of drapery, the pleating of heavy cloth, and the layered detail of metal armour and studded hems.
