(Another Shakespearean costume, this time for the gentlemen. What is left out of the description is that this was almost certainly worn with blackface makeup, which would nowadays be completely unacceptable. Click the image to enlarge.)
Shirt of white silk and tights of pale brown; sleeveless tunic of black silk, handsomely trimmed with gold bands; gold belt; full cloak of white cloth.
Source: Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills. New York: The Butterick Publishing Company, 1906.
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