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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : W. Pickering · leaf 188

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The cut below represents an iron lock of the fifteenth century, now in the collection of M. Dugue at Paris. It came from Plessis les Tours, and is of the age of Louis XL, the contemporary of our King Edward IV. One of the 1 turrets moves by pressure on the pinnacle, and thus discovers the key-hole.…

Costume · Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament, Medieval

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