Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 156
ed silk. Pinking was veryfashionable in those mid-century years, even on theheaviest silk and velvet. Robings and cuffings wereconstantly advertised for sale in the middle years ofthe eighteenth century. I have no doubt that thehandsome trimmings of fine silk cord, knotted withgold-colored silk and… … Fly-fringe. 482 Two Centuries of Costume of simple tufts of silk, alternating two and fourtufts. This gold-colored silk robe was made of silkraised and spun by Eliza Lucas Pincknev, who was,perhaps, the most remarkable of all South Carolinawomen. She introduced indigo-culture to the state,bringing…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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