English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 231
neas, and muffs of natural black fox wereoffered for sale and bought at prices ranging from fourguineas to fifty guineas. MACARONI COSTUME The period between 1770 and 1775, roughly speaking,was marked by one of the most extraordinary and mon-strous eccentricities of head-dress, in both ladies… … A MACARONI EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COSTUME 123 absurd arrangement of gauze wire, ribbons, andflowers with which the hair was kept into the desiredform and decorated. The various contrivances towhich the votaries of this craze had recourse, in orderto obtain rest for the head without disarranging…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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