HOA - Quiz 2
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How might a man of modest means in the 18th century acquire his clothing?
His uncle was old-fashioned.
If a young Englishman of the 18th century referred to his uncle as "square toes," he meant that
Ropa
Outermost gown for women that fits at the shoulder and falls loosely to the floor
pomander ball
Perfume placed in a decorated, perforated box shaped like an apple
pantofle
A backless shoe
Falling band
A flat collar
when knitting machines were invented at the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
A major change in the fit of stockings came about
Beau
A man who paid a great deal of attention to his dress
Bum roll
A pad worn around the waist to hold out wide skirts
Bases
A skirted extension of men's jackets, either attached or a separate garment
steinkirk
A style of wearing the cravat that was named after a battle
mantua
A style of women's dress that was cut in one length from the shoulder to the hem
mantilla
A veil worn to cover the hair in Spain
ditto suit
All parts of the garment were made of matching fabric
patterns and styles in textile fabrics the plays of William Shakespeare the invention of gunpowder styles in furnitur
Among the developments of the Renaissance that continue in use in present-day life can be included
Eschelles
Ribbons used to decorate the fronts of bodices
True
The Puritans who settled in Massachusetts in the 1600s wore restrained and simple styles, but did not wear clothing that was radically different in other respects from the clothing of other English people of their time.
Trade with India
The availability and interest in cotton fabrics that grew rapidly in Europe and America in the 17th and 18th centuries was a result of
Skills for making lace developed rapidly during the 16th century.
The development of the fashion for wide, stiff neck ruffs came about, in part, because
basque
The extension of bodice below the waistline
doublet
This Image from Italian Renaissance includes which of the following costume elements?
Plate armor
This image from the Italian Renaissance shows
Rococo Style
Toward the end of the period known as Baroque style, a trend developed that was marked by smaller and more delicate design motifs and showed influences from Chinese and even Gothic styles. This trend is known as
Lovelock
Fashion in men's hairdressing
Galligaskins
Trunk hose also referred to as "slops"
Conch
What is the name of the garment that was sheer, gauze-like veils worn cape-like over the shoulders, with a high, standing collar behind the head?
Fontange
What was the name in France for the elaborate style of headdress known as a commode in England?
Drawers
What were called braies in the Medieval periods?
great coat
What would be called an overcoat today
False
When the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" used the term "macaroni" it was making reference to the practice of using feathers to trim hats in the American colonies.
petticoats
Which of the following are undergarments today, but were a visible part of the outer garments in the 16th century.
Breeches cut full through the seat, full-skirted outer coats, waistcoats that were almost as long as the outer coat
Which of the following describes the styles in men's clothing that predominated in the first half of the 18th century?
tweezers to pluck out hair around the forehead so as to have a fashionably high forehead
Which of the following were NOT devices used in the 17th century in attempts to have a well-groomed appearance?
farthingales
Which of the following were NOT elements of men's costume during the 16th century in Northern Europe
a preference for bleached, blonde hair high, platform soled shoes that affected their balance when walking hair arranged in the shape of two horns at the forehead
Among the distinctive characteristics of the dress of Venetian women reported by foreign visitors in the 16th century were
Canions
An extension from the end of the trunk hose to the knee
True
Clothing for men and women was generally made by male professional tailors until after the 1700s, at which time women "tailors" or professional dressmakers were able to make clothing for women but not for men.
farthingale
During Northern Renaissance, Dresses with enormous skirts were worn over a wheel- shaped device called
True (??)
During the Italian Renaissance, Lavish use of opulent fabrics gave garments of relatively straight cut a splendid appearance and rich decorative effects were achieved by carefully manipulating layers of garments.
True
During the Italian Renaissance, sleeve styles for men's and women's garments could be similar, but overall were more varied in styles than sleeves had been in earlier periods.
redingotes
English men's riding coats
True
Fashion was especially important at the court of Louis XIV of France because the king wanted to keep his courtiers occupied with fashion and etiquette so that they would have neither the time nor the money to plot against him.
galosh
Flat-soled overshoe with a toe cap that fits over other shoes to protect them in bad weather
pet-en-lair
Hip-length, loose-fitting garment for women
Vest
In 1666 King Charles II of England adopted a new garment whose origins are from the East. What was it called
True
In England, "full dress" described the most formal evening dress.
Codpiece
In lightly fitted hose, a pouch of fabric to accommodate the male genitals
True
In order to allow the arm to move easily when jacket sleeves of the Italian Renaissance were cut very tightly, tailors left seams open and the white of the shirt underneath was visible between ties.
True
Intermarriage among members of royal families from different parts of Europe helped to spread fashions from one region to another.
True
It was in the textile industry that the first effects of the Industrial Revolution were felt.
True
Italian influences in styles were brought to France by Catherine de Medici, an Italian who married a French king as well as the French invasions of Italy.
Polonaise
Ladies in this image are wearing a triple draped over skirt style that was very popular for a relatively short period. What is this style called?
Asian and Middle Eastern
Mantua-style gowns for women, men's dressing gown styles, and some of the prints and designs in textiles during the 18th century showed examples of ___________and _________________ influence on styles of costume.
True
Methods of communicating fashion information to consumers of the 18th century included engraved drawings of fashions and fashion dolls dressed in the latest styles.
false
Short gowns, smocks, and wigs were working class clothing during the 18th century.
Plumper
Small balls of wax to give the face a fashionably rounded shape
it gained enormous wealth as a result of Columbus's voyage to the Americas
Spain became a major influence in both politics and fashions in the 16th century because
Guardinfante
Spanish term for the French farthingale
Supportasse
Support for a ruff
Paltock
Term for doublet in England
Jerkin
Term used interchangeably with jacket
Flaso
The long, broad ribbon-like piece of fabric that hung down from back of the shoulders of children's clothing in the 17th century were a badge of status that showed the child was a member of an upper class family
improvements in the technology for spinning cotton yarns
The lower prices and increases in availability of cotton fabrics in the 1800s resulted from
Bombast
The material used for stuffing trunk hose and doublets to achieve a fashionable silhouette in the 16th century was called, in England,
Madame Pompadour
The mistress of King Louis XV of France who was influential not only in politics but also especially in the fine and decorative arts was
the followers of Charles I dressed in elaborate fabrics, lavishly trimmed in lace, wore long, curling hair, and hats with large brims and feather trim, while the followers of Oliver Cromwell wore simple, unadorned clothing in somber colors.
The political preferences of the two factions in the English Civil War of the 1600s were reflected in their dress, the differences being:
with the Swiss Army
The slashed decorations with contrasting fabric linings underneath are supposed to have originated
Baroque style
The style in art that is characterized by lavish ornamentation, free and flowing lines, that is massive rather than delicate and which predominated during the end of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th century is known as
Neoclassical Style
The style that developed in the last half of the 18th century and was influenced at least in part by the excavations of the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum was called
Petticoat Breeches
The wide garments worn by men at the court of Louis XIV that looked like skirts were called
Chemise a la Reine
The woman's gown in this portrait seems to follow the Late Georgian Period fashion dress style of a