Fig. 176. Crowned initials of King Henry VII, from his Lady chapel at Westminster.
Fig. 177. Thomas Howard third duke of Norfolk (1473(?)-1554) with the collar of the Order of the Garter, from the picture by Holbein at Windsor castle.
The history and characteristic features of these are well known, and representations of them abound; moreover the wearing of them is confined to a few privileged persons. It is therefore hardly necessary to discuss them further in a work like the present.
The case is however different with regard to the so-called livery collars, since these may properly be regarded as models for the formation and construction of such similar collars as may freely be worn to-day.