Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 102
ly the head, accus-tomed to the hot wig, wouldsoon become distressingly neu-ralgic if left uncovered, there- fore, these turbans and night- „ ^r 1 1 . 9 Horace Walpole. caps took turns m protection.A curious head-covering is this of Horace Walpole.A cocked hat is on top of a half-cap, and… … 442 Two Centuries of Costume It is not wholly a notion of mine, I believe, sinceothers with a keen sense of the humorous have alsonoted it, that I see distinctly on the faces of ourAmerican turban-wearers an expression of satisfied,albeit innocent vanity. Each wearer fancied thegay-colored jaunty…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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