Art in costume design; practical suggestions for those interested in art, sewing, history and literature (1920)
Shover, Edna Mann · Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley company · leaf 174
round Of that shadowy hair where the roses are wound. Shawls. Long and short coats as well as capes were worn, but one ofthe quaintest fashions was that of wearing a handsome cashmereshawl made of silk or of wool or of a mixture of silk and goat hair.Imitation cashmeres were made in France and… … NO. 37. COLONIAL RIBBONS AND SILKS THE COLONIAL 145 people. They were all hand-made. In 1831 appeared an article onthe manufacture of these shawls which said that, at that time, therewere nearly five thousand people employed in the making of theseshawls, and that only three weavers were employed in…
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