King of the Danes with crown and sceptre. Purple tunic; crimson mantle; stockings; pointed boots.鈥業n their clothes; and even in their furniture; the Danes are distinguished from the Saxons by their grand magnificence and a penchant for softness. It's why; for example; the Danish bed surpasses that of the Saxons.'鈥楾he kings wore superb garments; often embroidered or decorated with a golden fringe; but no different from many of those of the Saxons. They wore shoes and a type of pointed boots. The mantle; like that of the Saxons; was fastened at the right shoulder with a clasp and covered the left shoulder or fell over the chest.' Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's 鈥楬istorical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' (1796).