British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 455
tingup unpicking dresses with his wife. Thefemale citizen wore a grograin gown, astraight hood, little ringlets upon herforehead, and a small pinner of lace—11 to make her look saint-like. In the Duke of Newcastles comedy,The Triumphant Widow, 1677, acountrymans sweetheart is promised awhite… … Fig. 390.—Costume, c. 1675. CHARLES II., 1660-1685 299 A kind of large cloak or overall used by the ladies in1676 was called the semeare or mantua; it had shortsleeves, which were sometimes gathered up to the top ofthe shoulders, and there fastened with a jewel or button andloop. CHAPTER XXI JAMES…
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