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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 278

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portrait ofThomas Fayerweather, by Smybert, and in modi-fied forms on many other pages. We now find constant references to the Steinkirk,a new cravat. As we see it frequently stated thatthe Steinkirk was a black tie, I may state here thatall the Steinkirks I have seen have been white. Iknow no… … Thomas Fayerweather. 212 Two Centuries of Costume tied, twisted sometimes twice or thrice, with one orboth ends passed through a buttonhole of the coat.Ladies wore them, as well as men, arranged withequal appearance of careless negligence; and thesoft diagonal folds of linen and lace made a…

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