Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 277
rs,which mighthave been writ-ten from Marsfor all the signsthey bore ofnews of thingsof this earth.His dress isvery neat andrich — a char-acteristic dress, Governor Coddington. I think. It has slightly wrought buttonholes, plain sleeve ruffles andgloves. His full curled peruke has a mass of… … Ruffs and Bands 211 a characteristic one. It consisted of a long scarfof soft, fine, sheer, white linen over two yards long,passed twice or thrice close around the throat andsimply lapped under the chin, not knotted. Theupper end hung fromtwelve to sixteen incheslong. The other andlonger end was…
Clothing and dress
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