Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 126
s a rose in her hair, anda scarlet bird (an allusion to her name) is perchedin the shrubbery at the right hand. Her lovelyhands bind flowers around a simple straw hat. Facing this page is a portrait of Mary BurnetBrowne of Salem, Massachusetts. She was thedaughter of Governor Burnet, and… … William Browne. Mid-century Modes 465 me state that in the inventory of his estate at hisdeath the pewter had what would be a value to-day-of over a thousand dollars, and the china and glassover two thousand. He had eleven hundred andseventy-two ounces of large silverware, and an in-finite number…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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