British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 489
e French peasants became 330 BRITISH COSTUME a favourite. It was exceedingly ugly, as the lace withwhich it was trimmed fell over the features like a candleshade. An illustration of this mode is given in Fig. 425. The fashionable riding dress of 1786 is shown inFig. 418, which sufficiently explains… … Fig. 425.—The buffont, 1790. Fig. 426.—Costumes, 1796. jacket and the tight sleeves showed what a lamentable lackof taste prevailed. No great novelty occurred in ladiesdress between the time when the Macaroni was introducedand the occurrence of the French Revolution; but shortlyafter the latter had…
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