Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 655
sujargon and hotch-potch.Let me be kind enou;to translate our Willisand Mary fashion langua| Weeds is a term stiU in use in widows weedmeaning the entire dress appearance of a wom«A figuretto gown looped and puffed with themonila-haut is a gown of figured material gathered mloops over the petticoat… … WILLIAM AND MARY 391 high masses over the forehead. The top-not is a large bow worn at the top of the commode; and the fontage or tower is a French arrangement of alternate layers of lace and ribbon raised one above another about half a yard high. It was invented in the time of Louis XIV., about…
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