Inside Out Library · Explore

Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 154

An illustration from Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX, 1903, leaf 154
ed silk. Pinking was veryfashionable in those mid-century years, even on theheaviest silk and velvet. Robings and cuffings wereconstantly advertised for sale in the middle years ofthe eighteenth century. I have no doubt that thehandsome trimmings of fine silk cord, knotted withgold-colored silk and… … Fly-fringe. 482 Two Centuries of Costume of simple tufts of silk, alternating two and fourtufts. This gold-colored silk robe was made of silkraised and spun by Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who was,perhaps, the most remarkable of all South Carolinawomen. She introduced indigo-culture to the state,bringing…

Clothing and dress

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX

More like this