Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 323
THE PROMINENCE GIVEN TO DRESSING THE HAIR AND ONE OF THEQUEER BUT FLEETING FASHIONS IN WAISTS IS WELL ILLUSTRATEDIN THIS PORTRAIT OF A DUCHESS. THIS FASHION MARKS THECULMINATION OF THE ARTIFICIAL PERIOD. … ABOUT 1775. FRENCH. THIS COSTUME IS A FRENCH INTERPRE-TATION IN THE STYLE OF LOUIS XVI OF A PIEDMONTESE FASHION.
Clothing and dress
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