Show ROMANCE OF RIBBON MATTER OF HISTORY colorful adornments worn in all ages in all your rumbles rambles among the ribbon counters did you ever consider tile the ancient romance of the Ilat ebIng ones mood with ribbon is not p modern pastime all through romantic history glittering and gleaming winds its silky ny always the token of tote loe alii alry or power the of old has appeared now ns as tj a love linot knot carried by some knight as ills his ladys favor now a rosette for it a dimin uthe slipper now a single streamer liner from a seat seal of a document of sante when queen elizabeth tool took the throne first came into its own both belles and beaux of the period used it lavishly for their personal adorni adornment nent mon ten of menne rank writes a historian hist orlan weare garters and shoe roses of more inore than live pounds apiece As for the ladies ribbon richly trimmed their head gears and formed sprinklings lings of rosettes and love knots on their handsome gowns ans but in tie the reign of louis XVI the favored ribbons amounted to frenzy ladles ladies beribboned enery eiery garment every accessory and gave the ribbons sudi such meaning titles as attention mark of hope downcast eye sigh of venus gentlemen wore hair ribbons the practical scots hox however eier found a more useful mission for the ribbon in scotland down don until a quite recent date tile lie Isi snood food or blind on tile hair of a irl meant that she was unmarried the name comes from the fact that before the first ribbons were used in europe probably in the sixteenth century they were woven on the bands and borders of garments and were narrow like a rib mien they were first manufactured as separate trimmings they were often of glit gilt with threads of gold rind and silver interwoven consequently they were wee expensive expend ve and the un english glish parliament passed an act reser Tn to nobility the right to wear them the blue ribbon aid aad a ad red ribbon which are often given today as marks of excellence had their origan nril n in bag england the blue ribbon then ed that oldest order in england the order of the garter and the red ribbon stood for the next highest order the order of the bath another ribbon custom which originated in england Is that of numbering ribbons this numbering wa was s governed by the thickness of the english penny which was naas almost as large as our silver dollar so you can indulge your fads and fancies with the assurance that you have historic precedent back of you next time you make a trip to the ribbon counter |