Clothing item, traditionally worn by boys and men with dress shirt

A careless lathe operator getting his tie caught in the lathe. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.

The art of tying the cravat: demonstrated in sixteen lessons, including thirty-two different styles, forming a pocket manual ... preceded by a history of the cravat from its origin to the present time ... and remarks on its influence on society in general / [H. Le Blanc].

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