. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . , and smote thewaters. In the Middle Ages the mantle was agreat piece of cloth in any cloaklike shape, of;which the upper corners were fastened at the one of the front edges was thrown over one 268 Two Centuries of Costume shoulder. In the varied forms of spelling and wear-ing, as man to, manteau, mantoon, mantelet, and man-tilla the foundation is the same. We have noted the richness andelegance of MadamSymondss could not for-get the word and itssignification whilewe have so impor-tant a use of it inmantua-maker. Dauph
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . , and smote thewaters. In the Middle Ages the mantle was agreat piece of cloth in any cloaklike shape, of;which the upper corners were fastened at the one of the front edges was thrown over one 268 Two Centuries of Costume shoulder. In the varied forms of spelling and wear-ing, as man to, manteau, mantoon, mantelet, and man-tilla the foundation is the same. We have noted the richness andelegance of MadamSymondss could not for-get the word and itssignification whilewe have so impor-tant a use of it inmantua-maker. Dauphiness wasthe name of a cer-tain style of man-tle, which was mostpopular about1750. HarriotPaine had Dauph-iness Mantles forsale in Boston in1755. A rude draw-ing in an old letterindicates that theDauphiness hada deep point at theback, and was cutup high at the arm-Lady Caroline Montagu. hole> It was ofthin silk, and was trimmed all around the lower edge witha deep, full frill of the silk, which at the arm-holefell over the arm like a short Cloaks and their Cousins 269 Many were the names of those pretty little cloaksand capes which were worn with the sacque-shapedgowns. The duchess was one; we revived thename for a similar mantle in 1870. The pelissewas in France the cloak with arm-holes, shown, onpage 268, upon one of Sir Joshua Reynoldss engag-ing children. The pelisse in America sometimeshad sleeves, I am sure; and was hardly a is difficult to classify some forms which seemalmost jackets. A general distinction may be madenot to include sleeved garments with the cloaks;but several of the manteaus had loose, large,flowing sleeves, and some like Madam Symondsshad detached sleeves. It is also difficult to knowwhether some of the negligees were cloaks or sacque-like gowns. And there is the other extreme; someof the smaller, circular neck-coverings like the van-dykes are not cloaks. They are scarcely capes;they are merely collars ; but there are still otherswh
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