Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 286
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… … Calash or Bashful Bonnet. 1790. frequently a foot and a half in diameter. MadamDorothy Lynde Dix wears one which would have,as said Anna Green Winslow, the capacity of apeck measure. Calashes were worn by old-fashioned ladies untilfifty years ago; chiefly for an informal call or a strolldown the…
Clothing and dress
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