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