Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 368
l by its tryinggloom that her sister apologized for drawing a whitecoverlet over her, and over the black silken sheets. Carriages of course were hung in black, and blackliveries were worn. Even saddles and pillions werecovered with black.Ralph Verney did nothave the use of hisown Black Bed,for he… … Lady Russel in Widows Dress. letters. No wonder that by her death her husbandshfe was wholly shattered. Being methodical andconventional even in grief he ordered due mourning— this not only in garments for outer wear but blacktaffety Night-cloathes, with black Night-capps, andblack Comb and Brush,…
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