Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 434
aprons, ribbons, and kerchiefs, werenatural; but cloaks and gowns of gauze, andflounced gauze petticoats seem not only somewhatfrail for wear, but they were made things of ill con-struction by being trimmed with borders and edgingsof chintz and calico. A sacque of blue and whitecopperplate calico,… … Mrs. Mercy Warren. Dress During the Revolution 717 much cheap jewelry was worn with the gauze head-dresses. These jewels were often pretty things,and were worn by folk of great dignity. But peo-ple of corresponding position would not wear themto-day. Paste jewels were worn by all; and veryhandsome…
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