Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 246
s tis like a magpie ; and was glad to quit it I donot doubt. Dr. Holmes — and the rest of us —have looked askance at the word vest as allied inusage to that unutterable contraction, pants. But The Evolution of Coats and Waistcoats 187 here we find that vest is a more classic name thanwaistcoat for… … Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington. ing^ — and surely no more delicate flattery to thekings taste could be given than to have ones por-trait painted in the kings chosen vestments,--yetbut one portrait remains which is stated to displaythis dress. This is the portrait of Henry Bennet,Earl of Arlington…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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