Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 285
one placed twoor three inchesapart, which weredrawn in at theneck by a cape.These lengthswhen bent intohoop shape bythe cape had aGreen Silk Sunbonnet. diameter some- times of twenty inches. The calash was extensibleover the face like the top or hood of an old-fashioned chaise or calash, from which… … Hats, Bonnets, and Calashes 581 standing well up and touching only at the neck,the calash formed a good covering for the high-dressed and powdered heads of the date when it wasworn,—from 1765 throughout the century,—and forthe great lace caps worn in the beginning and eventhe middle of the…
Clothing and dress
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