Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 466
n of a dress worn at the opera: Thegown was of gray poulte de soie, the high bodice wasfastened by ruby buttons, and the basque, open on thehips, was trimmed with a knot of cherry colouredribbons; the five flounces of the skirt were edged withribbon of the same hue laid on flat and terminating… … FOR LESS THAN ROYAL PERSONAGES SIMPLICITY IN ENSEMBLEWITH PECULIARITIES AND EXAGGERATION IN DETAIL MARKTHE EARLY PART OF THIS PERIOD.
Clothing and dress
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