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CUTTING ROBES AND GOWNS.
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PROFESSIONAL GOWNS.

Barrister's Gown:—

Cut as Diagrams 1 to 6.

Diagram 1 is the forepart, Diagram 2, the back, which is cut on the crease. Diagram 3, the sleeve; Diagram 4, the streamer fastened to the left side in front; and G, the tab placed on the left side of yoke at back. Diagram 5, the yoke which is cut on the crease.

The back is joined to the forepart at A and 13, and the top is gathered in to the yoke.

The front of the forepart is turned back before it is fastened to front of yoke.

The sleeve gathered in to the top, and the yoke is lined with stiff buckram.

The Barrister's Gown is made from Bombazine.

The King's Counsel's Gown is made from black silk and is cut in the same style as the Solicitor's Gown, Diagrams 7 to 10, with a little more fulness and a wider turn back down front.

The figures marked in the various diagrams represent inches and start in each case from 0, or the line starting from 0.