Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 353
usband whodied in a few weeks.After more than tenyears of widowhood, butstill young, she marrieda second time. She wore coming out bride asilver gray satin gown,and a gray pelisse ofuncut velvet with asilken stripe; this waslined with cherry-col-ored satin and trimmedwith marabout plumes.Her bonnet… … Wedding Gown of Mrs. JohnSparhawk. 1736. Bridal Dress 637 having been a widow, she could not in etiquetteappear in a white bonnet and feathers and veil.And she felt that coming a stranger to her new homeit was so unfortunate to appear in a gray bonnet;that it made her seem like an old woman, and…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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