. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . is my wifes token toyou. The Petti-Coat was bought for my wifes motherand scarcely worn. This my wife humbly presents to you,requesting your acceptance of it, for your own wearing, asbeing Grave and suitable for a Person of Quality. Even a half-worn petticoat was a considerablegift; for petticoats were both costly and of infiniteneedlework. Even the wealthiest folk esteemed agift of partly worn clothing, when materials were sorich. Letters of deep gratitude were sent in thanks. The variety of stuffs used in them was of these are
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . is my wifes token toyou. The Petti-Coat was bought for my wifes motherand scarcely worn. This my wife humbly presents to you,requesting your acceptance of it, for your own wearing, asbeing Grave and suitable for a Person of Quality. Even a half-worn petticoat was a considerablegift; for petticoats were both costly and of infiniteneedlework. Even the wealthiest folk esteemed agift of partly worn clothing, when materials were sorich. Letters of deep gratitude were sent in thanks. The variety of stuffs used in them was of these are wholly obsolete; even the mean-ing of their names is lost. In an inventory of 1644,of a citizen of Plymouth there was, for instance, apetticoate of phillip & cheny worth £1. Muchof the value of these petticoats was in the hand-work bestowed upon them; they were both em-broidered and elaborately quilted. About 1730, inthe Van Cortlandt family, a woman was paid at onetime £2 $s. for quilting, a large amount for that £4 Two Centuries of Costume. Embroidered Petticoat Band. day. Often we find items of fifteen or twenty-shillings for quilting a petticoat. The handsomest petticoats were of quilted silkor satin. No pattern was so elaborate, no amountof work so large, that it could dismay the heart ortire the fingers of an eighteenth-century needle-woman. One yellow satin petticoat has a lining ofstout linen. These are quilted together in an ex-quisite irregular design of interlacing ribbons, slen-der vines, and long, narrow leaves, all stuffed withwhite cord. Though the general effect of thispattern is very regular, an examination shows it isnot a set design, but must have been drawn as wellas worked by the maker. Another petticoat has a A Vain Puritan Grandmother 155 curious design made with two shades of blue silkcord sewed on in a pattern. Another of infinitework has a design outlined in tiny rolls of satin. These petticoats had many flat trimmings; lacesof silver, gold, or sil
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