Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 342
lish fashion-plates in which therider carried a carefullyspread fan. If ruffs were wornin full dress, ruffs ap-peared on horseback.If embroidery wasworn, the habit wasembroidered. A snip-waisted, soft-whiskeredfather wore a vast plaidwaistcoat on horse-back, while his littleson is in pantalets… … Glengarry Habit. 628 Two Centuries of Costume riding-hat. A bird of paradise was also eulogizedas quite the jante for the riding hat, though awreath of weeping-grasses was called also tippee. The head-gear of a woman rider was often mostabsurd. Even in treatises as late as i860 ladieswere advised…
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