Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 499
at in the backof the arm, and a half-drawnsleeve over and a close, veryshort one up high, drawnup with a cord. Peter Parley says thewomen of 1801 woregowns close and short-waisted, the breast andshoulder being coveredby a full muslin kerchief.Girls ornamented them-selves with a large whiteVandyke.… … Home-made Linen and WoolGloves. CHAPTER XXXII THE EVOLUTION OF PANTALOONS AND PANTALETS Time was when clothing sumptuous or for useSave their own painted skins^ our sons had none.As yet black breeches tvere not; satin smoothOr velvet soft^ or plush zuith shaggy pile. — The Task, William Covvper.
Clothing and dress
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