. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . hese. This pair was wrought and worn in the sixteenthcentury, and the stitches and work are those of theFlanders pointlaces. I haveseen tiny mittsknitted of silk,of fine linenthread, alsomade of linen,hem-stitched,or worked indrawn-work, orembroidered,and one pair of r . , Flanders Lace Mitts. mittens, and the cap. that matched was of tatting-work done in thefinest of thread. No needlepoint could be morebeautiful. Some are shown on page 303. Mitts of yellow nankeen or silk, made with longwrists or arms, were also worn by babies, and mustha
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . hese. This pair was wrought and worn in the sixteenthcentury, and the stitches and work are those of theFlanders pointlaces. I haveseen tiny mittsknitted of silk,of fine linenthread, alsomade of linen,hem-stitched,or worked indrawn-work, orembroidered,and one pair of r . , Flanders Lace Mitts. mittens, and the cap. that matched was of tatting-work done in thefinest of thread. No needlepoint could be morebeautiful. Some are shown on page 303. Mitts of yellow nankeen or silk, made with longwrists or arms, were also worn by babies, and musthave proved specially irritating to tiny little handsand arms. These had the seams sewed over andover with colored silks in a curiously intricate nettedstitch. I have an infants cap with two squares of laceset in the crown, one over each ear. The lace isof a curious design ; a conventionalized vase or urnon a standard. I recognize it as the lace and patternknown as pot-lace, made for centuries at Antwerp,and worn there by old women on their caps with a. 308 Two Centuries of Costume devotion to a single pattern that is unparalleled. Itwas the flower-pot symbol of the earliest representation of the Angel Gabriel inthe Annunciation showed him with lilies in his hand ;then these lilies were set in a vase. In years theangel has disappeared and then the lilies, and the lily-pot only remains. It is a whimsical fancy that thissymbol of Romanism should have been carefullytransferred to adorn the pate of a child of the Puri-tans. The place of the medallion, set over each ear,is so unusual that I think it must have had somesignificance. I wonder whether they were ever setthus in caps of heavy silk or linen to let the childhear more readily, as he certainly would through thethin lace net. The word beguine meant a nun; and thusderivatively a nuns close cap. This was altered inspelling to biggin, and for a time a nuns plain linencap was thus called. By Shakesperes day bigginha
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