Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 99
existed not onlyin France and England, but since the days of theold Locrian legislation, when it was ordered that nowoman should go attended with more than onemaid in the street unless she were drunk. An-cient Rome and Sparta were surrounded by dressrestrictions which were broken just as were… … Old Venice Point Lace. gold; and with what seems churlishness he wasforbidden to ride in a carriage. At that time, justas in later days, dress was made to emphasize classdistinction, and the clergy joined with the magis-trates in denouncing extravagant dress in both menand women. The chronicles of…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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