Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 449
; bynatural I mean not twisted into any strange anticforms. The swallow-tail cut (about 1600) is moreunusual, but was occasionally seen. The stiletto-beardIt makes me afeard It is so sharp beneath.For he that doth placeA dagger in his face What wears he in his sheath ? An unusually fine stiletto… … Scotch Beard. Henry V^ speaks of a beard of the Generals cut.It was worn by the Earl of Southampton (see facingpage 190), and perhaps Endicott favored it on thataccount. The pique-devant beard or pick-a-devantbeard, O Fine Fashion, was much worn. A goodmoderate example may be seen upon Cousin…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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