Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 230
earliest inventories appears theword bongrace. It was the frontlet of a coif orhood; and its first function was plainly to preservethe complexion, the bon-grace. In Beaumontand Fletcher this line proves its duty, My facewas all spoiled for want of a bongrace when I wasyoung. A second quotation… … Children of James II of England. Commodes, Mobs, and Pinners 539 hood on the Puritan wife, Mrs. Clark, pictured inthe second chapter of this book, is a bongrace. The frontlet still was worn in 1630 by sober,middle-aged or elderly women. It sometimes wasmade by turning the back fold of the…
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