Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 250
one yard wanting half aquarter which cost her ten and sixpence, and the 2 head(dresses) cost fourteen shillings — so much I paid for andtis the best thread and muslin for the price. A mercury was a cap worn in 1755 to 1765 ; theBoston Evening Post had gauze net, bugles, lace,&c. for Mercuries.… … 552 Two Centuries of Costume Heads are variously adorned, pompons with some ac-companiment of feathers, ribbons or flowers ; lappets in allsorts of curli wurlis; little plain cypress gauze, trolly or finemuslin caps ; long hoods are worn close under the chin andtied behind, the earrings go round…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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