Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 36
rvice frequently throughthree generations. For instance, we find Mrs.Epes, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, when she wasover fifty years old, receiving this bequest by will: If she desire to have the suit of damask which wasthe Lady Cheynies her grandmother, let her haveit upon appraisement. I have… … Governor John Winthrop. ter of the first owner. And it was a proud posses-sion to the last. The fashions and shapes then didnot change yearly. The Boston gentlewoman of 12 Two Centuries of Costume 1660 would not have been ill dressed or out of themode in the dress worn by her grandmother whenshe…
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