This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...seen on brides of the "best ton." Horace Walpole, an earnest social reformer in all trivial matters, was pleased by the neglect of old matrimonial forms. He mentions that his niece Maria had never appeared more lovely than when he watched the alternate blushes and paleness of her unveiled face during ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...seen on brides of the "best ton." Horace Walpole, an earnest social reformer in all trivial matters, was pleased by the neglect of old matrimonial forms. He mentions that his niece Maria had never appeared more lovely than when he watched the alternate blushes and paleness of her unveiled face during her celebration of marriage with the Earl of Waldcgrave. The bride wore a hat and a white and silver gown, and when the marriage service had been performed in the drawingroom of a private mansion in Pall Mall by Dr. Keppel, the bridal party sat down to dinner, which was over at eight o'clock in the evening. "It was," wrote Walpole to George Montague, "as sensible a wedding as ever was." This wedding took place in the last year of the reign of George II. REIGNS OF GEORGE I AND II 1725-1745 Tigure 195.--An everyday Colonial costume worn in Massachusetts about 1725. It is made of fawn coloured moire camlet, and opens over a stiffened petticoat of durant. The ruffle of an under-garment of fine linen with knife-plaited sleeves turns down over the dress at the neck like a falling band. The original gown is exceedingly interesting as a specimen of the ordinary attire of the period. The hat worn over a ruffled cap was the popular style of that time, made familiar to us in the pictures of Hogarth and others. Figure 196.--A Colonial gown of kincob, 'a very rich brocade imported from China. The original dress was owned by a sister of Governor Hancock of Massachusetts, Mrs. Whittington Allen. It was evidently made to wear over a large hoop (about 1735) and clears the ground. The stomacher is of white silk richly embroidered, the sleeves reach to the elbow and are finished with full pinked ruffles graduated so that they...
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All Editions of Historic Dress in America, 1607-1800: With an Introductory Chapter on Dress in the Spanish and French Settlements in Florida and Louisiana