Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 267
l Mrs. Gilmor. Mrs. Erskine of Philadelphia writes with highpraise of turbans of soft muslin, with Bird ofParadise feather put at the side and drooping lowover one eye. The noble face of Mrs. Porcher has a simple filletor turban with a Bird of Paradise plume drooping atone side. 564 Two Centuries… … Mrs. Porcher. the chance of triumph. The picture is amusing,of a score of womens heads at an assembly sur-mounted by orange-colored turbans; it is like afield of cheerful, hearty pumpkins. It is strangeto account for their popularity. CHAPTER XXI HATS, BONNETS, AND CALASHES That build of bonnet…
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