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Select historical costumes (1868)

Hinton, Henry L · New York : Wynkoop & Sherwood · leaf 46

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LTHAL. HE women of theGeilthal let theirhah hang in long twists,which the unmarried femalesintertwine with ribbons of silkor red worsted. The head-dressof the married women consistsof a kind of round cap, which issometimes fastened above with ablack ribbon. They wear also a necklaceof glass beads,… … EISTOEICAL COSTUMES. ruffles hang down at the elbow; and in win-ter a brown cloak covers the whole. Theirpetticoats seldom reach much lower thanthe knee. This dress is extremely light,and well suited to the mode of life of thesemountaineers. Their stockings are of whiteor colored worsted; their…

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