New York, 1882
The book describes the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the end of the XIX century.
We must, for a short space, retu to those far-off ages, because certain attributes of dress which existed of old have reappeared at different times. We therefore ask permission to dwell for a short time on the earlier centuries of our history. Then the Merovingian period will supply us with curious document. The Carlovingians and the early branches of the family of Capet will claim a larger share
of our attention. Finally we shall dwell on the Middle Ages, and the period of the Renaissance, which were remarkable for luxury, love of wealth, and splendour of Art, and so we shall pass
on to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, over which Fashion reigned an absolute monarch.
And, finally, the History will bring us to 1881.
The book describes the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the end of the XIX century.
We must, for a short space, retu to those far-off ages, because certain attributes of dress which existed of old have reappeared at different times. We therefore ask permission to dwell for a short time on the earlier centuries of our history. Then the Merovingian period will supply us with curious document. The Carlovingians and the early branches of the family of Capet will claim a larger share
of our attention. Finally we shall dwell on the Middle Ages, and the period of the Renaissance, which were remarkable for luxury, love of wealth, and splendour of Art, and so we shall pass
on to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, over which Fashion reigned an absolute monarch.
And, finally, the History will bring us to 1881.