Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 413
ed to follow the French mode,which at that period, 1646, had not reached Eng-land. That exemplary gentleman paid twelve livresfor a wig, when he was sadly short of money forhousehold necessaries. It was an elaborate wig,curled in great rings, with two locks tied with blackribbon, and made without… … Governor and ReverendGurdon Saltonstall. Perukes and Periwigs 3*5 wig and to the expense, large quantities being used,sometimes as much as two pounds at a time. Itadded not only to the expense, but to the discom-fort, inconvenience, and untidiness of wig-wearing. Pomatum made of fat, and that…
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