Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 542
to a narrowband of lilack sarsenet fashioned high on left shoulder withstrips of sarsenet and tassels. Mantle of orange and purple velvet with but one arm-hole, the right side rounded down from neck in a longpoint. Trimmed all round with spotted leopard fur. Even the skirts of gowns were of uneven… … Mrs. Richard C. Derby as Saint Cecilia. Empire Fashions 791 scye. I find no reference to a petticoat being wornunder this open tunic, which, I must say frankly, isprecisely hlce the most severely reprehended dressof one of our modern spectacular plays ; a dressthat was finally discarded in…
Clothing and dress
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