Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 146
ound the bare neck; a smaller ruche or ribbonwas still more common, as is shown in the beautifulportrait facing this page, that of Madam Scott ofBoston. She has a small, closely dressed head, andthe pretty, ornamental throat-band. For many yearsthis band lingered, dying out in the narrow… … Mrs. Scott. Mid-century Modes 477 toward the close of the eighteenth century, andFairholt gives the date of introduction as 1770 ; butboth are entirely wrong, for even in America polo-nees were advertised in 1755, in the Boston EveningPost. The next year, in the same newspaper, theywere spelt…
Clothing and dress
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