Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 118
was de-capitated by HenryIV, was much in-creased by the factthat both worevery long gold ear-rings. More singularstill to me, even than ear-rings, are the Captain George Taylor. black silken strings tied in holes made in the edgeof the ear. There is a portrait at Hampton Courtwith these… … 458 Two Centuries of Costume •string which he wore in his ear, a fashion then muchin use. Planche also gives a portrait of Henry,Prince of Wales, at that date, with this black stringin his ear; and he conjectures the peculiar fashionmay have travelled to England from Denmark witiAnne, mother of…
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