Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 204
rgeIV! The rules for hair-dressing, in this book, arecouched in words worthy the highest intellectual per-formance, or deeds of great heroism ; they are clas-sic. High resolves, pious fervor, patriotic ambition,noble art, virtuous kindness, generous courtesy,all (as the author says in an ill-chosen… … Mrs. Alexander McComb. 1789. 5.6 Two Centuries of Costume of the curl-papers, their exact size and shape. Thecomb must be a well-turned tortoise-shell tail-comb, smooth, slanting regularly to the point thatthe hair may readily slip off. Rules are given forthe use of every finger in turn, and…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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