Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 334
y interesting study is that of color in wear-ing apparel. Beginning with the few crude dyes ofmediaeval days, we could trace the history of dyeing,and the use and invention of new colors and tints.The names of these colors are delightful; the olderquaint titles seem wonderfully significant. We… … Judge Stoughton. Cloaks and their Cousins 261 blue, barry, milly, tuly, stammel red, Bristol red,zaffer-blue, which was either sapphire-blue or zaffre-blue, and a score of fanciful names whose signifi-cation and identification were lost with the deathof the century. Historical events were…
Clothing and dress
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