Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 302
ere also knitted, bearing ini-tials, dates, and tiny checker designs. A handsome pattern for knitting a bead bag wasa treasure beyond price; its written rules were givenonly to nearest and dearest friends. Simple designscould be counted out from existing bags. Many atale of domes-ticjealousy… … Bead Bags. 1810. it. She was a rival with AnnGreen for the affections of the minister, a solemnwidower, whose sister kept house for him and histhree motherless children. Matilda gave to theparsons sister the written rules for a wonderful beadbag (the design having originated in Boston), a bagwhich…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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