Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 58
ion in letters,but the newspapersof the middle of thecentury give in everyshopkeepers list, knitwaistcoats and knitbreeches. Sometimesthe item is knitbreeches - pieces ; orbreeches patterns; atother times the arti-cles appear to be made up or knitted in shape. Saxon green knit waistcoats, black… … Embroidered Waistcoats of GovernorJames Bowdoin. 412 Two Centuries of Costume knit breeches, would graft where spots were worn— which would indicate that these knitted pieceswere hand knit. At one time I thought they wereknit on the new knitting-machines. With the shortknee-breeches, stockings were…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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