LEGAL DRESS 
 
 
left shoulder resembling that from which the chaperon 
was developed, and from the vestige runs a streamer 
which comes over the left shoulder and hangs down 
in front of the gown. (See Figure i41.) There is 
also a series of buttons as well as pieces of braid 
 
 
     FIG. 14P.-A barrister's gown showing the vestigial hood and its 
       streamer. The buttons and braid which once temporarily 
       looped up the sleeves now fix it permanently. 
 
on the sleeves which are survivals, and we have not 
the hanging sleeves of the King's Counsel, which are 
comparable to those seen in many academic gowns. 
Small falling bands are of course generally worn by 
members of the legal profession, and barristers and 
King's Counsel when in mourning have a little pleat 
down the middle of each band. Perhaps the most 
curious additions to legal costume used in order to 
 
 
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