What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress from Ancient Times to Twentieth-century AmericaHistorical survey of costume from ancient times to twentieth century with especial attention to cowboy and frontier costume. Illustrations sketched from tapestries, paintings, and other art sources. |
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AMERICAN COSTUME armor became bodice boots breeches Calamity Jane Charlie Russell Cherry Valley Chiton classes cloak coat collar Corset Cowboy cuff decorated doublet draped dress Dutch Dutch gentleman Dutch lady early EIGHTEENTH CENTURY embroidered Emperor England English gentleman English lady fashionable ladies Flemish France French gentleman French lady Frenchman Frontier G. P. Putnam's Sons garments George German gentleman German lady gold gowns hair hats headdresses Henry VIII himation Historical Survey Holy Roman Holy Roman Emperor hood hose Indian Jacques Offenbach James John King lace lady English later leather Lincoln linen loose Louis men's Middle-class Napoleon NINETEENTH CENTURY Noble painted painter period Photographs Pioneer plain poet Queen ranger reign SEVENTEENTH CENTURY shirt shoes shoulders silk skirt sleeves Spanish Strauss Company style Texas Thomas Eakins Trail TUDOR PERIOD tunic Upper-class waist Watteau wear West Western Western Schism William women Women's clothing woolen wore worn wrist York