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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 540

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med at the neck andsleeves, though the skirt might be scantily flounced. A magazine declared that the chemise-dressmust be made tight to form of bosom, drawn verylow at each corner of neck and worn with crookedpearl slide to separate the bosom. A very vulgar-looking accessory consisted of a golden… … Opera Dress of Mother and Daughter. 1808. In the years 1805—10 a one-sided effect wasmuch sought after in dress as in hair-dressing. Inone case the top of one boot only was turned over VOL. II — 2D 790 Two Centuries of Costume to show a fur edging. With the thin robes onegarter was ordered, a…

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