Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 180
nseems to havebeen a study inelegance andgrace, and theplebeian seldomlearned to man-age her fan well,even when bycircumstanceshe acquiredone. 1 will not at-tempt to give ahistory of thefan or its use. It has been ably done by a com-petent hand and by a Frenchman, Octave Uzanne.When even in the… … Fans and Piece of Brocade Gown. Worn byMrs. John Adams. 496 Two Centuries of Costume In the first news-letters appear these advertise-ments : — George Harding lately from London, now at Mr. JohnPotters, Confectioners, Mounteth all sorts of Fans as wellas any Done in old England. He likewise hath a…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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