Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 372
ncesof the times, and weremade in America ofAmerican materials,andit was proposed that they be stamped with a sug-gestive design such as the Liberty Tree. Mourning-rings were a great expense likewise;two hundred gold rings were given at one Bostonfuneral in 1738 ; these rings cost over a pound… … Mrs. Stephen Sewall in WidowsWeeds. 1726. 656 Two Centuries of Costume form to hold the hair. Often the hair was mountedwith a miniature or with a mourning-design. There is shown on page 657 a locket and a pair ofbracelet clasps done in what is known as hair-paint-ing. I have examined these…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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