Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 238
is faceis patched, ribbonsknot his love-locks,his breeches areedged with aglettedribbons, and oneither side are twogreat bunches ofribbons of severalcolors. Similarknots are at wristsand belt. His bootsare fringed withlace, and so widethat he straddledas he went alongsinging. Ribboned sleeves like… … The English Antick. 182 Two Centuries of Costume If one have store of ribands hanging about his waistor his knees and in his hat; of divers colours red, whiteblack or yellow, O ! then he is a brave man. He hathribands on his back, belly and knees, and his hair powdered,this is the array of the…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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