Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 394
or arms, were also worn by babies, and musthave proved specially irritating to tiny little handsand arms. These had the seams sewed over andover with colored silks in a curiously intricate nettedstitch. I have an infants cap with two squares of laceset in the crown, one over each ear. The lace isof… … 308 Two Centuries of Costume devotion to a single pattern that is unparalleled. Itwas the flower-pot symbol of the Annunciation.The earliest representation of the Angel Gabriel inthe Annunciation showed him with lilies in his hand ;then these lilies were set in a vase. In years theangel has…
Clothing and dress
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