Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 152
ary of the same date calls them engageants, anddescribes them fully. In the lace bills of QueenMary in 1694, are broad engageants of Pointlace, and double engageants. I will not callattention to the portraits in this book which showthese elbow-ruffles — they are too numerous; norneed I multiply… … Silk Gown and Petticoat. These engageants have been varied in shape, indepth, in width, in ornamentation, but custom can-not stale their infinite variety ; they are ever pleasing,ever satisfying, ever becoming. We can say ofthem in the expressive phrase of praise used by oldPepys, they are the best…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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