. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . going into action, hurriedlytwisted their lace cravats about their necks andpulled them through a buttonhole, simply to fixthem safely in place. The fashionable world eagerlyfollowed their example. It is curious that theSteinkirk should have been popular in England,where the name might rather have been a bitteravoidance. The battle of Steinkirk took place in 1694. Anearly English allusion to the neckwear thus namedis in The Relapse^ which was acted in 1697. In itthe Semstress says, I hope your Lordship ispleased with your Steenkirk. His Lo
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . going into action, hurriedlytwisted their lace cravats about their necks andpulled them through a buttonhole, simply to fixthem safely in place. The fashionable world eagerlyfollowed their example. It is curious that theSteinkirk should have been popular in England,where the name might rather have been a bitteravoidance. The battle of Steinkirk took place in 1694. Anearly English allusion to the neckwear thus namedis in The Relapse^ which was acted in 1697. In itthe Semstress says, I hope your Lordship ispleased with your Steenkirk. His Lordship an-swers with eloquence, In love with it, stap myvitals! Bring your bill, you shall be paid to-morrow ! The Steinkirk, both for mens and womens wear,came to America very promptly, and was soon widelyworn. The dashing, handsome figure of youngKing Carter gives an illustration of the pretty studiednegligence of the Steinkirk. I have seen a Stein-kirk tie on at least twenty portraits of Americangentlemen, magistrates, and officers ; some of them. King Carter in Youth, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Ruffs and Bands 213 were the royal governors, but many were Americanborn and bred, who never visited Europe, but turnedeagerly to English fashions. Certain old families have preserved among theirancient treasures a very long oval brooch with a baracross it from end to end — the longest way of thebrooch. These are set sometimes with topaz ormoonstone, garnet, marcasite, heliotropium, or pastejewels. Many wonder for what purpose these wereused. They were to hold the lace Steinkirk inplace, when it was not pulled through the button-hole. The bar made it seem like a tonguelessbuckle — or perhaps it was like a long, narrowbuckle to which a brooch pin had been affixed tokeep it firmly in place. The cravat, tied and twisted in Steinkirk form, ormore simply folded, long held its place in fashion-able dress. The stock with buckle made of pasteHas put the cravat out of date, wrote Whyte in 17
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