Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 64
t me be kind enoughto translate our Williamand Mary fashion language. Weeds is a term still in use in widows weeds,meaning the entire dress appearance of a woman.A figuretto gown looped and puffed with the monte-la-haut is a gown of figured material gathered intoloops over the petticoat and… … WILLIAM AND MARY 27 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 P^rench 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…
Costume -- Great Britain
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