Title: Colonial Clothing - Revolution and the New Republic 1775-1800
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Content: It was left open and the revers were buttoned back. The skirts of the coat were full and long; the sleeves closed with small cuffs. Two small capes encircled the neck. In the nineties one meets with a riding-coat with an extremely smart cut (Fig. 70 A). The collar is carried high up about the neck in the fashion of these years. When buttoned, it was made to fit slightly in at the waist, the skirts hanging a little full from the waist down. Banyans and morning gowns were fashionable to the end of the century (Plates XXXIII , XXXIV ). LINEN. -