Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 334
ck attired very rich in close-bodied coats, hatsand feathers with short perukes. A ladys riding-dress was advertised in TheSpectator of June 2, 1711, as of blue camlet lacedwith silver. Like Pepys, Sir Roger de Cover-ley had to look to the heels of the wearer to findout by petticoat or boots… … Riding-dress of 1784. dress), and the eldest three princesses accompaniedhim in riding habits with hats and feathers andperiwigs — this being the earhest use of the wordriding-habit that I have found. In France ladieswore hoods on horseback—hence the riding-hood.A writer of the year 1731 says thus…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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