Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 51
that the true pearls were nigh as big as thepainted ones. He had a most remarkable aspect, an ex-ceeding high forehead, long faced, and sour eie-lidded, akind of pigge-eie. We leave the choice of belief between one sentenceof this personal description, that he was handsome,and the later… … Sir Walter Raleigh and Son. His laced-in, stiffened waist, his absurd breeches,his ruffs and sashes and knots, his great shoe-roses, Apparel of the Puritan and Pilgrim Fathers 25 his jewelled hatband, make this a fantastic picture,one of little dignity, though of vast cost. Thejewels on his shoes…
Clothing and dress
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