Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 119
an womenhad the very latest court fashions and wore them 71 Two Centuries of Costume even in uncourtlike America; such distinct noveltiesas black lace. Contemporary descriptions of dressare silent as to it by the year 1700, and it disappearsfrom portraits until a century later, when we havepretty… … Ancient Black Lace. our Chantilly laces of to-day. This ancient piece ofblack lace has been carefully preserved in an old NewYork family. A portrait of the year 1690 has ablack lace frill like the Maltese laces of to-day, withthe same guipure pattern. But such laces were notmade in Malta until…
Clothing and dress
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