Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 241
fles could easily cost j£So. Theycould, of course, be worn only by the wealthy. WhenPrincess Mary, daughter of George II, was married,she had only four lace heads, two being of Brussels,two of point lace. She had also six French caps. 546 Two Centuries of Costume We find George Washington ordering… … Mrs. Elias Boudinot. Blown Lace Lappet Heads. In 1772, came Very Neat Flanders and Brussels Lappet Heads.I have examined, with attention devoted to thatspecial subject, the laces displayed in at least twohundred portraits of Americans, of dates previousto the Revolution. Where the lace is carefully…
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