Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 152
and the dark green of the velvet, give itall the coloring of an open watermelon. The pet-ticoat was of coral pink with furbelows of pinked-out silk of the diflferent melon tints. It must havebeen a smart and handsome thing in its day. Anothersacque of bright pink satin had pre tint allies of… … Gold-covered Brocade Gown of Mrs. Eliza Lucas Pinckney. Mid-century Modes vines. A pair of high-heeled, purple kid shoes hasalways been kept with this gown, and is believed tohave been worn with it, for the lining of the flaps isscarlet. A design of gold beads is sewn on theseshoe-flaps. They seem…
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