British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 475
t), 1755. 316 BRITISH COSTUME the petticoat was short, the gown was without a train, andthe general appearance was that of a bell; it probably wasthe most hideous form of a hideous dress. By 1745 the hoophad considerably increased at the sides, and diminished infront; and a pamphlet of the time…
Costume
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