Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 208
r button or glass bead.With a bead held firmly in either corner of hermouth, the mask-wearer could talk. These vizardsare seen in old English wood-cuts, often hangingby the side, fastened to the belt with a small cordor chain. They brought forth the bitter denuncia-tions of the old Puritan Stubbes.… … Blue Brocade Gown and Quilted Satin Petticoat. \ A Vain Puritan Grandmother 157 holes made in them agaynst their eies, whereout they looke.So that if a man that knew not their guise before, shouldechaunce to meete one of theme, he would thinke he mettea monster or a deuill ; for face he can see…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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