Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 484
Batts and Broags, Boots and Shoes 385 worn by Mrs. Carroll. These have high heelsrunning down to a very small heel-base. In theworks of Hogarth we may find many examples ofwomens shoes. In all the old shoes I have seen,made about the time of the American Revolution,the makers name is within and… … Mrs. Carrolls Slippers. mended free. Many heels were much higher andsmaller than any given in this book. It is astonishing to read the advocacy and eulogygiven by sensible gentlemen to these extreme heels.Watson, the writer of the Annals of Philadelphia^extolled their virtues — that they threw the…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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