Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 277
Strawwork was vastly fashionable that year in England.In 1783 the manufacture came to perfection, andunder the protection of the Duchess of Rutland straw-works became the rage. Paillasses, or straw coats, were worn ; they weremade of sarcenet, calico, fine linen, trimmed andornamented profusely… … Ancient Leghorn Hat and Bonnet. only of the female but the male part of the fashion-able world, for the gentlemens waistcoats are ribbedwith straw. A caricature called a bundle ofstraw was published to ridicule the taste. But itwas not easy to destroy the liking for straw trim-mings, for the simple…
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