Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 355
l to about £^^0. Other bridal finery was ahandsome fan mounted in leather for twenty shillings;two pair silk shoes, with clogs a size bigger than theshoes. A piece of the yellow brocade wedding-gownof Cornelia de Peyster is shown on page 375. Thegown itself has eight straight breadths in the… … Bridal Hair Combs. 1820. Bridal Dress 639 cher. The back is cut a low, square neck. Theback is laid in plaits, stitched perfectly flat and veryclosely down to the waist-line ; there it is left loosein princess shape all in one piece, making the backbreadths of skirt very full at back. The dress…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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